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
Scott Walker’s shift on Common Core could usher in education chaos
7.21.2014
NationalBlog
Standardized Tests: Correlation to Future Successes? (Part II of II)
Laura Robison 7.17.2014
NationalBlog
Next Gen Accountability: Ohio & Beyond
7.16.2014
NationalBlog
The splintering school-reform movement
Michael J. Petrilli 7.14.2014
NationalFlypaper
Late Bell: July 11, 2014
The Education Gadfly 7.11.2014
NationalFlypaper
Teachers, the Common Core, and the freedom to teach
Jessica Poiner 7.7.2014
NationalBlog
Why Johnny won’t learn to read
Robert Pondiscio 7.3.2014
NationalFlypaper
A missed opportunity for Common Core
Robert Pondiscio 7.2.2014
NationalBlog
Is the Nation’s Report Card ‘college and career ready’?
Michael Cohen 7.1.2014
NationalFlypaper
Lacking Leaders: The Challenges of Principal Recruitment, Selection, and Placement
6.24.2014
NationalReport
Early readers need content knowledge
Aaron Churchill 6.23.2014
NationalBlog