Iowa Department of Education

The Iowa Department of Education sets the standards for all public institutions of education in

As of 2020, the Iowa Department of Education consisted of 8 bureaus and works with the oversight of the 11 member Board of Education.[2]

History

The Board of Education was founded in 1857.^[3]

In the 2019-2020 school year 93 percent of public school children in Iowa attended school in their neighborhood school district.^[4] Prior to 2021, there were only 2

Since 2019, the Department of Education has used the Iowa Statewide Assessment for Student Progress (ISASP) since 2023, it has administered the National Assessment of Educational Progress and since.^[6] In 2019, the board allocated $2.7 million for school districts and $300,000 for accredited nonpublic schools.^[7]

Department Directors

• Chad Aldis, until 2023
• McKenzie Snow, 2023- present^[8]

Bibliography

Notes

Inline references

Secondary

Primary

• "Condition of Education" (PDF). educateiowa.gov. Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved May 10, 2021.

1. 2018 Annual Report. .
2. 2019 Annual Report (PDF). .
3. 2020 Annual Report. .
4. 2021 Annual Report. .
5. 2022 Annual Report (PDF).

   OCLC 10131949584

   .

• "Iowa Department of Education Homepage". educate.iowa.gov. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024. .

• State of Iowa (June 22, 2023). "Gov. Reynolds Announces Leadership Change at Department of Education". governor.iowa.gov. Retrieved May 15, 2024.

General references

• Aurner, Clarence Ray (1863–1948). History of Education in Iowa. Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa.{{
  OCLC 1690178 (all editions)
  .

1. Vol. 1. 1914 – via Google Books (Michigan). .
2. Vol. 2. 1914 – via Internet Archive (

   Harvard).

   .
3. Vol. 3. 1914 – via Google Books (University of California). .
4. Vol. 4. 1916 – via Google Books (Michigan). .
5. Vol. 5. 1920 – via Internet Archive (American Foundation for the Blind). .

• Host, Sandra Kessler (2011). Iowa's Rural School System, a Lost Treasure: The Key to Iowa's Rural Settlement Featuring Richland #1 School in Sac County, Near Odebol (published by the author & the Odebolt Historical Museum).
  OCLC 743472018
  .

• Host, Sandra Kessler (2012). Iowa's Rural School System, a Lost Treasure : The Key to Iowa's Rural Settlement Featuring Richland #1 School in Sac County, Near Odebolt (published by the author & the Odebolt Historical Museum) (2nd ed.).
  OCLC 824800426
  .

• Host, Sandra Kessler (2011). Iowa's Rural Settlement Shaped by Railroads and a System of Rural Schools (published by the author). (adaptation and curriculum components by Dorothy Kessler Engstrom).
  OCLC 757745421
  .

• Host, Sandra Kessler (2014). Iowa Historic Schools: Highlighting Victorian Influence (published by the author).
  OCLC 908192558
  .

• Host, Sandra Kessler (2015). A New Look at Iowa's One-Room Schools – Iowa's Lost Treasure – A System of 12,623 Rural Schools 1858–1966. Rural Lecacy Project,
  OCLC 1101277601 (all editions)
  .

External links

• Iowa Department of Education
• Iowa Department of Education (iowa.gov/educate/) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• Iowa Department of Education (state.ia.us/educate/index.html) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

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