ESSA: Let’s Talk |
ESSA allows states flexibility in determining which school to hold accountable in the event that a student in the four-year cohort drops out, and additionally, was enrolled less than 50% of their last enrolled school year at the last school they attended. Two options exist:
A) Currently, we count students as a drop out at the
last school they attended. We could continue to do this.
B) We could look at the student’s four-year enrollment trends
B) We could look at the student’s four-year enrollment trends
and determine which school the student had spent the
majority of his/her time, in order to assign the school
majority of his/her time, in order to assign the school
of accountability.
Looking at the 2014-15 cohort, there were approximately 375 students who were enrolled less than 50% of their last school year. About two-thirds of these students would count at their last attended school regardless of whether Option A or Option B were employed. If Option B were selected, approximately 13% would be easily reassigned to another school, and about 1/5 of cases would require a deeper data analysis to determine which school would be accountable for their dropout.
The recommendation of the Accountability Work Group is that the state use Option B.
The recommendation of the Accountability Work Group is that the state use Option B.