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
The Common Core sanity check of the day: Estimation is not a fuzzy math skill
Michael J. Petrilli 2.14.2014
NationalFlypaper
Lies, damned lies, and the Common Core
Michael J. Petrilli 2.7.2014
NationalFlypaper
My thoughts on the State of the Union
Michael J. Petrilli 1.28.2014
NationalFlypaper
Twilight for the conservative era of school reform?
Kathleen Porter-Magee 1.27.2014
NationalBlog
A primer on Common Core–aligned assessments
Chad L. Aldis 1.23.2014
NationalBlog
Knowledge at the Core
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Michael J. Petrilli 1.23.2014
NationalFlypaper
Staying the Course: Transition to the Common Core
1.23.2014
NationalBlog
Policymakers: Stop being agnostic about curriculum
1.23.2014
NationalBlog
Knowledge at the Core: Don Hirsch, Core Knowledge, and the Future of the Common Core
1.22.2014
NationalReport
Staying the Course
1.22.2014
NationalBlog
Catholic Schools deserve an authentically Catholic debate about Common Core
Kathleen Porter-Magee 1.17.2014
NationalBlog