“The Commonwealth’s ESSA plan is guided by several major goals, including:
- Increasing academic achievement for all students.
- Increasing the graduation rate for all students.
- Increasing the proportion of English language learners making significant progress toward learning the language.
- Cutting the achievement gap for each student group (such as students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunch, African Americans or students with a disability) in half by 2030.
Our new accountability system – which has been two years in the making – will help us make these ambitious goals a reality by shining a spotlight on whether all students have access to rigorous classes and whether they are making adequate progress in learning the skills they need to ensure they will be prepared for life beyond high school.”
By Wayne Lewis,
Interim Commissioner of Education for the Commonwealth of Kentucky
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