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
Will Kansas ban counting to 100 and reading?
4.4.2014
NationalFlypaper
Good riddance, Indiana
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.4.2014
NationalBlog
First shots fired in Louisiana Common Core battle
4.3.2014
NationalFlypaper
The two tracks of school reform
Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.2.2014
NationalFlypaper
House proposal strengthens teacher evaluation policy
Chad L. Aldis 3.31.2014
NationalBlog
How Does a Value-Added Model Compare to the Colorado Growth Model?
Aaron Churchill 3.31.2014
NationalBlog
The Empire State straight jacket: Why New York should put the 'voluntary' back in 'voluntary curriculum'
Kathleen Porter-Magee 3.28.2014
NationalBlog
Abandoning the Common Core is taking the easy way out
3.28.2014
NationalFlypaper
Does School Board Leadership Matter?
Arnold F. Shober, Michael T. Hartney 3.25.2014
NationalReport
A concluded battle in the curriculum wars
Mark Bauerlein 3.25.2014
NationalBlog
We all have a stake in ensuring the Common Core debate rests on facts
Kathleen Porter-Magee 3.21.2014
NationalBlog