The Every Student Succeeds Act significantly improves upon No Child Left Behind by, among other things, giving more power back to states and local schools. We’re working to help policymakers and educators take advantage of the law’s new flexibility, especially when it comes to creating smarter school accountability systems, prioritizing the needs of high-achieving low-income students, and encouraging the adoption of content-rich curricula.
Resources:
- Rating the Ratings: An Analysis of the 51 ESSA Accountability Plans
- Leveraging ESSA to Support Quality-School Growth
- Great ideas from our ESSA Accountability Design Competition
- What ESSA means for high-achieving students
- ESSA and a content-rich education
- ESSA and parental choice
How high school CTE programs affect outcomes after graduation
Tran Le 11.20.2019
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The Education Gadfly Show: Are screens to blame for NAEP’s bottom falling out?
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Sarah Sparks 11.20.2019
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The high school testing recession that may be reducing academic rigor
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 11.15.2019
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Can you have accountability without consequences?
Tom Coyne 11.15.2019
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All 2019 Wonkathon submissions are in. Here’s what the wonks proposed.
Tran Le 11.13.2019
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The underwhelming effects of stereotype threat on standardized tests
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 11.13.2019
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The states that are swimming against the NAEP tides
Michael J. Petrilli 11.13.2019
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Driving learning for all students: A framework for Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Bonnie Hain, Laura Slover 11.12.2019
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The best way to help students who are several grade levels behind is to do a better job of following their progress, or lack of it, in the long term
Barbara Gottschalk 11.12.2019
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Closing student achievement gaps requires both rigorous grade-level work and personalized learning
Britt Neuhaus 11.12.2019
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Why hiring more veterans as teachers would benefit them, our communities, and our children
Ryan Hooper 11.11.2019
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