Every Student Succeeds Act is a federal education law. The purpose of this federal law is to ensure transparency of school performance to families and community members. It creates a commitment to equal opportunity for all students and includes provisions that will help to ensure success for students and schools. Information about ESSA can be found in the ESEA Dashboard: https://www.maine.gov/doe/dashboard The ESEA Dashboard provides schools and families with a variety of important information, including policy resources, latest news, resources geared for parents, and ESEA report cards.
As required by the U.S. Department of Education and ESSA, an ESEA report card is generated by the Maine Department of Education annually for each school and district, as well as the state. All ESEA report cards are housed within the ESEA Dashboard. Searches can be done by school and data displayed includes Maine Educational Assessment results.