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after the COVID-19 pandemic forced state and school leaders across the nation and around the world to immediately close school buildings, the lasting impact on students is increasingly evident: Months of online learning and limited in-person interaction with educators, coaches and mentors have led to gaps in learning, and unknown emotional impacts on millions of K12 students and educators.  \nExperiences of this past year have brought deeper understanding and greater clarity on how best to organize schooling and deliver instruction in a way that minimizes health risks and maximizes learning and engagement. An extraordinary influx of federal education funding is providing ample new resources to reopen school buildings safely, create new student supports and help state leaders make both shortand long-term investments to accelerate student learning and well-being. With these factors in mind, governors and state chiefs are moving quickly to develop plans that include a range of new strategies, targeted interventions and grant programs designed to close achievement gaps and prepare all students in their states for academic success.  \nCouncil of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and  National Governors Association (NGA) analyzed emerging state efforts to accelerate student learning this summer and during the 2021-22 school year. We reviewed available state plans, websites, media reports and gubernatorial State of the State addresses for most states.1 Because each state is at different stages in their planning, in many cases, the documents reviewed were initial drafts, plan outlines (with specifics still being developed) or the first in a series of resources being developed.  \nThis memo provides an overview of notable strategies and trends that were identified through this analysis, and is organized around four major steps, which serve as the framing for this memo. Along with describing the activities states are taking as part of each step, this memo includes a range of state examples and links to related resources. As state approaches continue to evolve and plans are finalized, states are encouraged to share their detailed strategies with CCSSO, NGA and the field.  \nAt this point in planning and implementation, the four major steps states are taking include:  \n1. Getting organized and understanding what needs to happen. As state leaders begin their planning, they are using a variety of creative ways—despite the pandemic—to seek to communicate proactively and engage key stakeholders about emerging plans. When possible, state leaders are leveraging existing advisory groups or task forces or are creating new advisory committees to provide expertise  \n1 This sample includes AL, AK, AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NC, ND, OH, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV.  \nAnalysis of Emerging State Plans for Accelerating Student Learning | April 2021 1  \nand input, reflect stakeholder perspectives and support implementation. State leaders also are providing districts with planning frameworks and tools to streamline the process and ensure critical issues are considered.  \n2. Using summer 2021 to accelerate learning. After the challenges over the past year offering consistent full-time, in-person schooling, state leaders see summer-time as a strong opportunity to offer special programs and supports that can accelerate student learning. They are working with district and community leaders to develop a variety of summer activities designed to boost learning and enable students to reconnect with one another. The range of activities being planned include tutoring programs, learning and enrichment camps, community service and apprenticeships, and more traditional summer schooling. State leaders are moving quickly to formalize these plans and use new federal funds to help underwrite the additional ","cbCaimUs0oj1M5Is","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimUs0oj1M5Is","pdf",347110,15,"English","# Overview\n## Context and purpose\n## Four major steps\n# Step 1: Getting organized and understanding what needs to happen\n## Communications and engagement\n# Step 2: Using summer 2021 to accelerate learning\n## Summer programs and supports\n# Step 3: Supporting more students to be successful learners\n## Multi-tiered systems and targeted help\n# Step 4: Tackling other challenges: Future considerations\n## Using federal funds and aligning stakeholders","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the memo address regarding students and educators after COVID-19 closures?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on the lasting impact of months of online learning and limited in-person interaction, which created learning gaps and introduced unknown emotional effects for K-12 students and educators.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the analysis define the four major steps for state planning?\",\"answer\":\"The memo organizes strategies into four steps: getting organized and engaging stakeholders, using summer 2021 to accelerate learning, supporting more students with targeted academic and well-being help, and tackling additional future implementation challenges.\"},{\"question\":\"What role do federal education funds play in the states’ plans?\",\"answer\":\"The memo describes a substantial influx of federal education funding that supports safe reopening, enables new student supports, and funds both short- and long-term investments designed to accelerate learning and close achievement gaps.\"}]","State Plans for Accelerating Student Learning - A Preliminary Analysis - April 21, 2021 | PDF",1792055186,38]