Leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act to Improve Educational Services in Juvenile Justice Facilities (2018)

The goal of this policy brief is to provide state and local policymakers as well as education and juvenile justice leaders with information about how they can use requirements under ESSA to improve education and workforce outcomes for youth in long-term juvenile justice facilities. The sections that follow: Summarize relevant ESSA provisions and outline its key accountability requirements; Highlight three priorities for states to focus on as they contemplate accountability for juvenile justice programs and schools; Provide key questions to help state leaders consider their current policies and identify gaps and opportunities for improvement; and Feature states that are carrying out promising practices in each of the three priority areas, which can serve as examples for other states that are seeking to improve accountability for juvenile justice schools (p. 2).