ESS Blog
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
This Copper Apple Award is for Santa Maria Middle School for their hard work, effort, collaboration, progress, and achievement this last school year.
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
The Arizona Department of Education is proud to celebrate Nikolaus Homestead Elementary School for their fantastic job of improving school culture and raising achievement.
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
Mayer Elementary School is currently identified for Comprehensive Support and Improvement-Targeted (CSI-T).
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
Mammoth-San Manuel Unified District serves fewer than 400 kids across its K-12 system. Prior to being in Project Momentum, they had limited access to professional development.
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
Indian Oasis Intermediate School has shown great improvement over the last two years. In 2023, IOI had a ‘D’ letter grade and was identified as CSI-Low Achievement and aTSI.
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
The Arizona Department of Education is pleased to award Ganado High School the first ever Copper Apple Award.
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
Echo Mountain Intermediate School from Paradise Valley Unified School District is nominated based on their steady improvements in Project Momentum over the past three and a half years, resulting in
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
After the 2022-2023 school year, Deer Valley MS had a D (56.09%) letter grade as a school.
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
The Arizona Department of Education is pleased to honor Washington School in the Winslow Unified School District with the Copper Apple Award.
Tue, Aug 25, 2026
Amphitheater Public Schools has done some great work using their Gifted program evaluation to positively impact their gifted program and students in general.
Thu, Aug 20, 2026
AZ Compass Prep Schools have been nominated for the Copper Apple because of the work of Principal Dr. Pamela Chandler and her team.
Fri, Aug 14, 2026
Thu, Aug 13, 2026
Special Education Directors,
Mon, Aug 10, 2026
Data in AzEDS will be used to calculate ADM for Payment 3.
Mon, Aug 10, 2026
The FY 2026 Open Enrollment Participation Report is now available on the School Finance webpage under the
Fri, Aug 7, 2026
Are you in your first or second year as a special education director?
Thu, Aug 6, 2026
ADE/ESS is pleased to announce the launch of the state October 1 Special Education Count Dashboard (Federal - Child Count and Educational Environments), the first publicly availabl
Fri, Jul 31, 2026
The FY 2027 K-3 Reading Budget and FY 2026 K-3 Reading AFR zip files have been posted to the LEA Budget Resour
Wed, Jul 29, 2026
The ADE/ESS, Academic Achievement & Inclusive Practices unit invites you and your educators to join our upcoming free professional learning webinar series focused on the High-Leverage Practices
Tue, Jul 28, 2026
Data Management Alert
Thu, Jul 23, 2026
ESS/PSM is excited to offer free, in-person regional training opportunities throughout the school year. Participants may register for the training topic(s) that best meet their needs.
Wed, Jul 22, 2026
Data Management Alert<
Tue, Jul 21, 2026
The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) team is pleased to announce the kickoff for our 2026–27 National Presenter Series with a two-part virtual session: “Why Our
Tue, Jul 21, 2026
The ADE/ESS is requesting your assistance in completing a brief survey to help us identify lead related service providers within your public education agency, including speech-language pathologists
Tue, Jul 21, 2026
Fiscal Year 2027 Truth in Taxation Report can be accessed on the