ESSA-The Real Deal
Which president signed ESSA into law?
President Barack Obama
"___" have been Priority Schools since 2012-2013 school year and will be given two years under "Superintendent Receiver" to improve student performance.
Struggling Schools
Name the past five SED Commissioners.
1. MaryEllen Elia
2. John King
3. David Steiner
4. Richard Mills
5. Thomas Sobal
What does ESSA stand for?
Every Student Succeeds Act
Name the three high school credits that you can take in middle school.
Math, Science and LOTE
What is the percentage of absences that would categorize a student as chronically absent?
10%
Under Receivership, what does CET stand for?
Community Engagement Team
List 5 of the 8 departments in SED.
P-12, Office of Counsel, Cultural Education,
Performance Improvement and Management Services, Higher Education
Chief Financial Office, Office of Professions,
Adult Career and Continuing Education
True or False: Social Studies is a performance indicator for both 3- 8 and high school.
False - It is an indicator for high school only.
There are two state operated schools with oversight by the New York State Education Department, name them.
1. New York State School for the Blind (NYSSB)
2. New York State School for the Deaf (NYSSD)
True or False: Out of school suspensions will be added as a measure beginning in 2017-2018 school year.
False - Will count as a measure for 2018-2019
How many schools were identified under Receivership in 2015?
145
How many school districts are there in New York State?
733
True or False: 4th, 5th and 6th year high school cohorts are used to compute the graduation rate indicator.
True, all three are used to compute the graduation rate indicator.
True or False: Home and Hospital Instructors do not need to be fingerprinted.
False - They do need to be fingerprinted.
Name the four classifications in ESSA.
1. Comprehensive Support and Improvement School
2. Targeted Support and Improvement School
3. Recognition School
4. School in Good Standing
True or False:
There are currently five entities that have been approved as Independent Receivers.
False, there are two: CEI and Dr. Robert Schiller
How many Regents serve on the Board of Regents?
17
What is one of the three methods by which a school can be credited with a student making English Language Proficiency Progress?
1. Exit ELL status
2. Meet the student's annual ELL progress target
3. Meet the student's safe harbor target
What department assumed the responsibilities of the Teacher Moral Character Unit and the Teacher Hearing Unit?
The Office of School Personnel Review and Accountability. (OSPRA)
What are the names of the last three re-authorizations of ESEA?
1. Every Student Succeeds Act
2. No Child Left Behind
3. Improving America's Schools Act
What grants flow through the Office of Innovation and School Reform?
PSSG (Persistently Struggling School Grant)
SIG (School Improvement Grant)
CSG (Community School Grant)
There are ___ Joint Management Regions (JMT) excluding New York City.
9
Name five of the seven accountability indicators.
Achievement, Growth, Progress, Graduation Rate, English Language Prof., Chronic Absenteeism, CCCR Index
There are seven subject learning standards, list three of them.
The Arts; Career Development and Occupational Studies; English Language Arts; Health, Physical Education and Family and Consumer Science;
Language other than English; Math Science and Technology;
Social Studies