About the EESC

The Oregon Education Enterprise Steering Committee (EESC) came into existence with the passage of HB 3184. The 2005 legislation refined the role of Education Service Districts by identifying four areas in which ESDs must provide regionalized core services to component districts. These four areas are:

One of the group's first actions was to commission two studies--known as Annenberg and Gibson--to provide insight into the most efficient and effective way to execute the intent of the law. The recommendations from the resulting Road Map identified a need for ODE, ESDs and local districts to partner in an effort to increase statewide capacity for school improvement. These partnerships were deemed necessary to create a true statewide system of support for school and student improvement.

The Road Map is available for download below.

A school improvement director was hired to direct the work of the EESC. A thorough review of both statewide and national school improvement efforts that demonstrated a positive impact on student learning was conducted over a four-month period and resulted in a statewide plan for school improvement.