ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE MCOE - Ed Services Slide No. 1 STATE ACCOUNTABILITY: PSAA = Public Schools Accountability Act PSAA Advisory Committee makes accountability suggestions to CA State Board of Education ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE MCOE - Ed Services Slide No. 2 FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY: Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1965 (ESEA) Reauthorized No Child Left Behind New proposed reauthorization - Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Passed Dec. 2 by House; waiting for Senate vote If signed by President, ESSA starts in ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE MCOE - Ed Services Slide No. 3 FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY: ESSA States test students in reading and math grades 3-8 and once in high school States get wide discretion in setting goals and district accountability States must incorporate other factors impacting students opportunity to learn ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE MCOE - Ed Services Slide No. 4 FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY: ESSA Schools in bottom 5 percent and schools where less than 2/3 of students graduate are required to use locally-developed, evidenced based interventions States must flag districts/schools where students chronically struggle ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE MCOE - Ed Services Slide No. 5 FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY: NCLB waivers no longer Performance of each subgroup must be measured No role for Federal govt in teacher evaluation