Policy Brief
Reducing Student Suspension Rates
Making ESSA’s Equity Promise Real: State Strategies to Close the Opportunity Gap

October 2018 | Learning Policy Institute

This policy brief from the Learning Policy Institute focuses on state efforts to reduce student suspension rates. This brief is part of a larger research report, Making ESSA’s Equity Promise Real: State Strategies to Close the Opportunity Gap, that describes various ways states are using opportunities in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to better support historically underserved students through the thoughtful selection of specific equity measures in their accountability and improvement systems.