Remember the Every Student Succeeds Act’s brand new program aimed at helping states try out new forms of testing?

If not, you’re in good company. We hardly hear anything about ESSA’s “innovative assessment pilot” anymore, including from the U.S. Department of Education. That could change, however. The agency is considering next steps to open the pilot in the 2018-19 school year, a spokesman said.

When ESSA passed back in December 2015, the pilot—which would initially allow up to seven states to try out new forms of testing in a handful of districts for federal accountability purposes—was one of the most eye-catching pieces of the new law. State officials crammed conference rooms and jumped on webinars to figure out how to apply. Two big states, New York and California, expressed at least some interest. And Colorado even passed a law requiring the state education agency to seek the flexibility…

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