Enhanced Assessment Grants

U.S. Department of Education Awards More Than $9.9 Million in Grants to Three States to Improve Their Academic Assessments

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded more than $9.9 million in Enhanced Assessment Grants (EAGs) to three state education agencies—Kansas, Maryland and Oregon—to improve their state academic assessments. The primary measure of school success under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is proficiency on state assessments.