final-ESSAoverviewofchanges.pdfVIP

Tennessee Succeeds: ESSA Final Plan Overview of key changes from the December draft From December 2016 through January 2017, the department received feedback on the draft ESSA plan from more than 1,000 Tennesseans who attended six regional town halls and from 2,000 comments submitted online. The final ESSA plan is stronger as a result of that input. While the final plan reflects many adjustments, this document details notable areas of change or clarifications made in key areas: school and district accountability frameworks, the Priority list timing, Focus schools, school improvement,