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
Building a Lattice for School Leadership
Jonathan Supovitz 11.25.2014
NationalReport
Prior knowledge: Can we really level the playing field?
Tim Shanahan 11.24.2014
NationalBlog
Fordham Institute to evaluate Common Core assessments on quality and content alignment
The Education Gadfly 11.17.2014
NationalBlog
Responding to critics of Common Core math in the elementary grades
Robert Pondiscio 11.12.2014
NationalBlog
Redefining the School District in Michigan
Nelson Smith 10.29.2014
NationalReport
Is Uncle Sam ed reform's biggest liability?
10.21.2014
NationalBlog
Metro D.C. School Spending Explorer
10.15.2014
NationalReport
What's right about Common Core
Robert Pondiscio 10.13.2014
NationalBlog
In defense of annual testing
10.13.2014
NationalFlypaper
Common Core State Standards in 2014: Districts' Perceptions, Progress, and Challenges
Victoria McDougald 10.8.2014
NationalBlog
How to kill reading achievement
Robert Pondiscio 10.1.2014
NationalBlog