New Nevada Plan Under Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

The Guinn Center for Policy Priorities commends the Nevada Department of Education for the inclusive process and emerging product of the ESSA plan. We applaud the connection to the transforming Nevada economy, the measurable benchmarks and goals, the structure of the organizing principles, the demonstration of aligned assessments through the K-12 education system, the focus on equity within our system and aligned accountability and structural reforms, and the clarity offered by articulating tiers of support for persistently struggling schools. In the pages that follow, we evaluate the ESSA draft against the Guinn Center’s education policy principles. (2017)