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Understanding Federally Required Education Policy Needs Assessments and Maximizing Their Impact

This document aims to assist state education agency (SEA) staff in designing and promoting a comprehensive and aligned needs assessment process.

Understanding Federally Required Education Policy Needs Assessments and Maximizing Their Impact

Title: Understanding Federally Required Education Policy Needs Assessments and Maximizing Their Impact

Description: This document aims to assist state education agency (SEA) staff in designing and promoting a comprehensive and aligned needs assessment process. It includes ideas for consolidating an array of needs assessment activities with the goal of allocating resources more effectively and equitably, based on identified local needs and the root causes of underperformance in alignment with established priorities and toward the implementation of evidence-based strategies and interventions. It includes a summary of the federal requirements for needs assessments and highlights provisions where using a needs assessment is implicit, even if not expressly prescribed in statute or regulation.

Publish Date: June 2017

Source: Council of Chief State School Officers

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)
Page Last Reviewed:
September 14, 2024