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
NEW from Fordham: Is EngageNY uncommonly engaging?
The Education Gadfly 5.20.2015
NationalBlog
Uncommonly Engaging? A Review of the EngageNY English Language Arts Common Core Curriculum
Elizabeth Haydel, Sheila Byrd Carmichael 5.19.2015
NationalReport
Knowledge is literacy
Robert Pondiscio 5.18.2015
NationalBlog
Thanks to Common Core, most states will finally close the “honesty gap”
Michael J. Petrilli 5.14.2015
NationalBlog
Are parents and taxpayers being misled? The proficiency illusion strikes again
Jessica Poiner 5.14.2015
NationalBlog
Four lessons from the opt-out debate
Robert Pondiscio 5.8.2015
NationalBlog
Trust, but verify
Robert Pondiscio 5.6.2015
NationalBlog
A test of education reform
4.21.2015
NationalBlog
Review: Brookings analyzes opt-outs and teacher evaluations
Jessica Poiner 4.16.2015
NationalBlog
How Well Are American Students Learning? Part II: Measuring Effects of the Common Core
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 4.8.2015
NationalFlypaper