{"id":4491,"date":"2024-09-09T15:48:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T19:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2024-09-09T15:48:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T19:48:15","slug":"vassp-member-update-september-9-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/?p=4491","title":{"rendered":"VASSP Member Update, September 9, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>National Articles of Interest<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/esser-funding-successful-superintendents-COVID-schools\/726371\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Issue:%202024-09-09%20K-12%20Dive%20%5Bissue:65673%5D&amp;utm_term=K-12%20Dive\">Was ESSER funding successful? Superintendents say it\u2019s hard to generalize | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/chronic-absenteeism-strategies-school-engagement\/725864\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Newsletter%20Weekly%20Roundup:%20K-12%20Dive:%20Daily%20Dive%2009-07-2024&amp;utm_term=K-12%20Dive%20Weekender\">Are chronic absenteeism interventions working? | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/child-food-insecurity-increases-usda\/726295\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Issue:%202024-09-06%20K-12%20Dive%20%5Bissue:65631%5D&amp;utm_term=K-12%20Dive\">Food insecurity among children rises for 2nd year | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/state-school-report-cards-accessible-transparent-COVID\/726100\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Issue:%202024-09-05%20K-12%20Dive%20%5Bissue:65593%5D&amp;utm_term=K-12%20Dive\">States get low marks for school performance data access, transparency | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/public-perception-k12-education-gallup\/726019\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Issue:%202024-09-04%20K-12%20Dive%20%5Bissue:65548%5D&amp;utm_term=K-12%20Dive\">Americans\u2019 satisfaction with K-12 education rises from record low<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/29\/nx-s1-5090895\/teens-school-college-poll?utm_source=npr_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=20240903&amp;utm_term=9687550&amp;utm_campaign=ed&amp;utm_id=67133485&amp;orgid=356&amp;utm_att1=\">Students Losing Interest in School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/2024\/08\/27\/how-schools-boosted-attendance-in-rhode-island-as-absenteeism-lingers\/?utm_source=Chalkbeat&amp;utm_campaign=8d70492b1f-National+A+standout+in+the+fight+against+chronic+a&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_9091015053-8d70492b1f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&amp;mc_cid=8d70492b1f&amp;mc_eid=5308364d48\">https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/2024\/08\/27\/how-schools-boosted-attendance-in-rhode-island-as-absenteeism-lingers\/?utm_source=Chalkbeat&amp;utm_campaign=8d70492b1f-National+A+standout+in+the+fight+against+chronic+a&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_9091015053-8d70492b1f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&amp;mc_cid=8d70492b1f&amp;mc_eid=5308364d48<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DOE Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>English Language Proficiency Assessments Test Administration Schedule: 2024-2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Article: 2024-35-349<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>Audience: Superintendents, Directors, School Principals<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>Contact: Office of Assessment, <\/strong><strong>student_assessment@doe.virginia.gov<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The statewide English Language Proficiency (ELP) assessments testing window for the 2024-2025 school year opens Monday, January 13, 2025, and closes Friday, March 21, 2025. School divisions must assess all English learners with an approved ELP assessment during this testing window.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/url.emailprotection.link\/?bI-yS5tZpqCq9Qa6zGWHRjQqYgkErS6Ze2Xz0sjSyi9Ro78NpWfrfVSeI11CU7oYFoeuQSTkXP0qapKfsua0DXZx0uVJg_SZwfW52Drm7rYe3Zs_I0B-2R5z5AfThkfKbopKux6VesQbFosKegMdtPIx9wxDMG0aWqnWabBrN5Ogq_HAj5Er4oDxs86xRRU7ewH702kvoJ4r__PCgAt6tm-iv9o--Aq4U3RRaGzoy4HsygBtBARRTgZfWk12O_zwMoAr0NL4YXAFpKzV11CymopeCzNu3-eZn4Thx26dpiH4~\"><strong>detailed ELP assessment test administration schedule for the 2024-2025 school year is available online<\/strong><\/a><strong> and includes information and important dates for administering the assessments. Additional information is available on the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/url.emailprotection.link\/?bTlFdh2EmHTBmxf84CHxLNLPxjMkCTyqEXSCimHQsv6CYFcmQNizIZ89WzVChsVmK8ubRrXHEljdAragGaiShsTLRf65k3JTjR01xcHKj3-SV9R1DmOwjQ9s2ZF72UI_rtuOhNPZ82OM3yCcGf_UU0pz-qu8Cuol1adu51CKsCoOKgi7kpLxQyOWhxlo99ldNy41z1t5TQ5HIAzcmbIf6ZYSJ0cR0gdmRfZPcMKx3kH0u0dt65Mz1F65Bld12Q9jJG6lbCm7oAx6bADage1BuUVXZMhgcx8oiGta1O7Kb6o4zhJibcdkz-9YRkSkU3gxRs88jGFDU6cVL7lCXUa1soA~~\"><strong>Virginia English Language Proficiency Assessment webpage<\/strong><\/a><strong> and the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/url.emailprotection.link\/?b-MSa-nRZY6pa4-mGbZ50B0cea-cia_PKDAPb5wZrx2mQdPkTRf5T0HQhmtnhIH9cjOIiBbn_YHk7RNOucphh-qehSpqlCVYuPxqjYhfaKuhO0cwbpa70C9Guhu8vsrWorLfubP9VKotcEG2aTDOBTS9ikEgG0RyVWiMJ0jIz8QFkTjzah7_rxvsniHWWIxNMjav0JjF-hZyyZhxOJ_WkGBeTrnrfJ5XTiMDOy3CmhgovwnugaBDR_-NpcuwqrmRvgaCpPHvUDQbmgZw0nLT-e_YNK6v0G6G0obKKHdCSjXc~\"><strong>Virginia WIDA website<\/strong><\/a><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Technical Edits: Mathematics Instructional Guides and Understanding the Standards&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/url.emailprotection.link\/?bRdxTUSZqft4MPpgnOpmH96Pn1m5fZ1jhzG5_2dAVOtN9SesyNqgm3OGbOgmCU9abo2m0JAM60TK7NPvzA7K2yYCMoDrITkIMgEz3PkUWmbLYOIpxPbJ4dFNz2ultufLUiJjybB3JCFIA2hF3TqV8kHzNC2YG-ouieNT8XEdwIhi5oJApy1DOmUZWTP8oN7yo1MWPSLX9_SfKaX2uEasHWh1Mm2GVpTtYT28gAhgQSDP4VKlwnMQVK3aDa_jDkWt_qSjJZawupOAJGKUSjEma43Rw--FhwISvjRMhrGk1ftRq1nXaeZZJ4QVV3ftXaqnyxLnKAFTpFZlQbMJLl81zXw~~\"><strong>Technical edits<\/strong><\/a><strong> have been made to our Mathematics Instructional Guides and Understanding the Standards documents based on stakeholder feedback (e.g., teachers, division leaders) to clarify and add specificity to content. Impacted documents will reflect [August 2024] in the footnote. Computer Science SOL are included in this edition of the K-5 Mathematics Instructional Guides in the &#8220;<\/strong><strong><em>Concepts and Connections<\/em><\/strong><strong>&#8221; section to reflect authentic connections between mathematics and computer science content. Share this information with your peers who teach mathematics and others that support mathematics instruction.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Articles of Interest&nbsp; Was ESSER funding successful? Superintendents say it\u2019s hard to generalize | K-12 Dive Are chronic absenteeism interventions working? | K-12 Dive Food insecurity among children rises for 2nd year | K-12 Dive States get low marks for school performance data access, transparency | K-12 Dive Americans\u2019 satisfaction with K-12 education rises &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/?p=4491\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4492,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4491\/revisions\/4492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}