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This kickoff event was a call to action for education leaders and policymakers to leverage the extraordinary level of available federal resources to boost academic recovery efforts and set the foundation for four subsequent sessions:
- Learning research-based practices from content experts
- Highlighting promising practices from SEAs and LEAs
- Leveraging American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding to implement literacy and math achievement best practices at scale
- Offering dedicated time and expertise to support action planning (i.e., guided working sessions and support from technical assistance providers).
“[W]e know what works for our students -- and there are pockets of excellence all over this country. Initial state assessment results in places like Indiana, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Louisiana show students are making important progress. And 65% of urban districts included in the NAEP showed no statistically significant decline in fourth-grade reading scores, and 84% showed no such decline in eighth-grade reading. These bright spots are encouraging, and they show what our hard-working educators, as trained professionals with deep knowledge of how to support their students, can achieve with the right conditions and adequate resources. But raising the bar means we can’t just be satisfied with pockets of excellence for some when we have an obligation to build systems of excellence for all. Raising the bar means keeping standards high for all students. Learning from what we as educators know works for our students -- and shaping bolder, sharper plans to help accelerate growth in reading and math.”
-- Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona (10/24/22), from remarks to reporters on NAEP 2022
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