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
Don’t base accountability on marginal differences
Aaron Churchill 8.20.2015
NationalBlog
What will Ohio’s state tests look like in 2015–16?
Jessica Poiner 8.20.2015
NationalBlog
Beyond Common Core: New poll offers heartening results for reformers
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 8.18.2015
NationalBlog
The state of standards and assessments, in two maps
8.17.2015
NationalBlog
The condition of college and career readiness for students from low-income families
Jessica Poiner 8.12.2015
NationalFlypaper
The new ESEA will be “loose-loose” because Arne Duncan went overboard with “tight-tight”
Michael J. Petrilli 8.12.2015
NationalFlypaper
Who Should Be in Charge When School Districts Go into the Red?
Dara Zeehandelaar Shaw, Ph.D., Victoria McDougald 8.6.2015
NationalReport
The GOP debate: Education policy predictions
Brandon L. Wright 8.6.2015
NationalBlog
Assessing the teacher quality gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.29.2015
NationalFlypaper
The consequences of safe harbor
Jessica Poiner 7.27.2015
NationalBlog
The state of play with ESEA, in a single table
Michael J. Petrilli 7.20.2015
NationalFlypaper