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
Searching for career readiness in state ESSA plans
7.11.2017
NationalFlypaper
Three ways to improve Ohio’s ESSA plan
Aaron Churchill 6.29.2017
NationalBlog
What Teens Want From Their Schools: A National Survey of High School Student Engagement
John Geraci, Maureen Palmerini, Pat Cirillo, Victoria McDougald 6.27.2017
NationalReport
Ohio shouldn’t worry about Delaware’s ESSA plan woes—yet
Jessica Poiner 6.19.2017
NationalBlog
Ohio’s history of sidestepping accountability
Jessica Poiner 6.19.2017
OhioOhio Gadfly Daily
Beware of fake policy solutions
Jamie Davies O'Leary 6.13.2017
NationalBlog
How should Ohio seek to improve its lowest achieving public schools?
6.2.2017
NationalBlog
House Bill 176: Stealing the playbook won’t lead to results
Jessica Poiner 5.30.2017
NationalBlog
Improving accountability measurement under ESSA
5.30.2017
NationalFlypaper
Early ESSA plans don't do enough to signal that all students are important
Brandon L. Wright 4.26.2017
NationalThe High Flyer
House Bill 176 goes nuclear on education
Jessica Poiner 4.20.2017
NationalBlog