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
Embracing the challenge of classroom-level reform
Kathleen Porter-Magee 9.26.2013
NationalBlog
Arne Duncan’s muddled line on testing
9.20.2013
NationalFlypaper
Mediocrity, anyone?
Aaron Churchill 9.19.2013
NationalBlog
Testing Wars in the Public Schools: A Forgotten History
Melissa Reynolds 9.19.2013
NationalBlog
Going the extra mile
The Education Gadfly 9.19.2013
NationalBlog
Standards, reading lists, and censorship
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 9.19.2013
NationalFlypaper
Social studies and poison gas
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 9.18.2013
NationalFlypaper
The proficiency debate goes round and round
Melissa Reynolds 9.13.2013
NationalFlypaper
The Effectiveness of Secondary Math Teachers from Teach for America and the Teaching Fellows Programs
Dara Zeehandelaar Shaw, Ph.D. 9.12.2013
NationalBlog
Indiana Common Core Implementation: Fiscal Impact Report
9.12.2013
NationalBlog
You can’t fight something with nothing
Kathleen Porter-Magee 9.12.2013
NationalBlog