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
Tracking and Detracking: High Achievers in Massachusetts Middle Schools
Tom Loveless 12.10.2009
NationalReport
Stars by Which to Navigate? Scanning National and International Education Standards in 2009
Sheila Byrd Carmichael, W. Stephen Wilson, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Stafford Palmieri, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 10.8.2009
NationalReport
From Schoolhouse to Courthouse
9.8.2009
NationalReport
International Lessons about National Standards
Sharif Shakrani, Richard Houang, William H. Schmidt 8.27.2009
NationalReport
The Great Graduation-Rate Debate
7.29.2009
NationalReport
Growing Pains in the Advanced Placement Program: Do Tough Trade-Offs Lie Ahead?
Steve Farkas, Ann Duffett 4.29.2009
NationalReport
When Private Schools Take Public Dollars: What's the Place of Accountability in School Voucher Programs?
Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Christina Hentges, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 3.24.2009
NationalReport
The Accountability Illusion
Yun Xiang, Michael Dahlin, John Cronin, Donna McCahon 2.19.2009
NationalReport
An Open Letter to President Obama, Secretary Duncan and the 111th Congress
Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr. 12.18.2008
NationalReport
A Byte at the Apple: Rethinking Education Data for the Post-NCLB Era
Eric Osberg, Marci Kanstoroom, Ph.D. 11.17.2008
NationalReport
The Red Tape Report: An Exploratory Study of the Regulatory Interference Faced by School Leaders in Five States
Nathan Gray, Matthew Carr, Marc Holley 10.2.2008
NationalReport