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
Academic distress commissions: A leg up for Ohio in implementing ESSA?
Jessica Poiner 7.7.2016
NationalBlog
Proposed ESSA regulations shortchange early learning and violate the law's intention
7.7.2016
NationalFlypaper
How states can use ESSA to deliver a more well-rounded education
Robert Pondiscio 7.6.2016
NationalFlypaper
Change minds, change policies, change practice
7.6.2016
NationalFlypaper
What teachers really think of Common Core math: Lessons from a new Fordham study
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Michael J. Petrilli 6.29.2016
NationalBlog
Common Core Math in the K-8 Classroom: Results from a National Teacher Survey
The Education Gadfly 6.23.2016
NationalFlypaper
Common Core Math in the K-8 Classroom: Results from a National Teacher Survey
Jennifer M. Bay-Williams, Ann Duffett, David Griffith 6.23.2016
NationalReport
School identification and intervention in the age of ESSA
Jessica Poiner 6.21.2016
NationalFlypaper
ACT's National Curriculum Survey
David Griffith 6.15.2016
NationalFlypaper
Does school climate affect student achievement or vice versa?
Jamie Davies O'Leary 6.15.2016
NationalFlypaper
Why Tom Loveless is wrong about NAEP achievement levels
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 6.15.2016
NationalFlypaper