WASHINGTON, Oct. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Collaborative for Student Success Director Jim Cowen shared the next assertion on the September thirtieth deadline for spending the primary wave of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER I).
Sept. 30 was the deadline to attract down $13.2 Billion from the primary of three historic investments in (*30*)’s colleges underneath the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER I). It is a second to pause and acknowledge the super work that training leaders, lecturers and households have performed to assist colleges return to studying after one of the vital detrimental occasions in fashionable historical past.
While we applaud the appliance of ESSER I, we now flip to the subsequent step of guaranteeing the $176.3 billion from ESSER II and ESSER III are used as properly and expeditiously as doable to deal with the tutorial, social, and emotional wants of scholars.
Recent outcomes from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) reinforce the necessity for these investments. Overall, common scores for 9-year-olds in 2022 declined 5 factors in studying and 7 factors in math in comparison with pre-pandemic in 2020. This is the most important common rating decline in studying since 1990, and the first-ever such decline in math for the reason that assessments began within the Seventies.
We encourage state leaders to make sure remaining federal {dollars} are spent on essentially the most promising practices – similar to these highlighted on platforms just like the EduRecoveryHub. We additional hope that states arrange programs to trace how these funds are being spent since households and communities deserve essentially the most clear image doable. The following states are main the way in which on this effort:
As the nation continues to rebound after the pandemic, we’re impressed by these examples and excited to proceed supporting them and different companions and allies as all of us assist are colleges recuperate.
