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
Is Your School "Celebration Eligible"? - Rating the School Ratings
9.18.2014
NationalFlypaper
Where Common Core is not controversial
Robert Pondiscio 9.17.2014
NationalBlog
Embrace the Common Core
Michael J. Petrilli 9.11.2014
NationalBlog
Common Core and the era of good behavior
9.10.2014
NationalFlypaper
The importance of testing and the power of hard facts
Kathleen Porter-Magee 9.8.2014
NationalBlog
Connecting the dots: E. D. Hirsch, Jr., and Common Core
Robert Pondiscio 9.4.2014
NationalBlog
Restarting the Common Core debate
Michael J. Petrilli 9.3.2014
NationalBlog
5 questions for Rick Hess
Michael J. Petrilli 9.3.2014
NationalBlog
Thanks, Bobby Jindal!
Robert Pondiscio 8.28.2014
NationalBlog
Arne pumps oxygen back into Common Core implementation
The Education Gadfly 8.27.2014
NationalBlog
What's behind the declining support for the Common Core?
Michael J. Petrilli 8.20.2014
NationalBlog