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Equity
Fundamentally, ESSA is about creating a set of interlocking strategies to promote educational equity by providing support to districts and schools as they work to ensure that every student succeeds. New York State is committed to ensuring that all students succeed and thrive in school no matter who they are, where they live, where they go to school, or where they come from.
To foster equity, the New York State ESSA plan:
- addresses disparities in training for teachers to help them be effective in the classroom;
- provides students more access to rigorous high school coursework;
- makes schools equally welcoming environments for all students;
- increases fiscal transparency in school building spending; and
- uses multiple measures to allow students to demonstrate proficiency in state learning standards.
Find New York State's approved ESSA plan, guidance for schools and districts, fact sheets, videos and webinars, the consolidated application for ESSA-funded programs, and more helpful resources here.