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
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Brandon L. Wright 2.10.2015
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The future of school accountability
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.9.2015
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Time for a checkup?
Ohio Education Gadfly 2.9.2015
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Common Core: Lessons learned from a year of debate
Jessica Poiner 2.9.2015
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Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.5.2015
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Understanding the federal accountability spectra
2.5.2015
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Nine questions: What does it even mean to oppose the Common Core?
Michael J. Petrilli 1.29.2015
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Advice to Republican leaders: Don't back down on high education standards
1.27.2015
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Stump speech challenge: A New Deal on testing
Robert Pondiscio 1.26.2015
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