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
Fwd: Half Empty or Half Full?: Florida's voluntary pre-Kindergarten standards
Amy Wilkins 5.5.2005
NationalReport
The State of State Math Standards 2005
W. Stephen Wilson, Bastiaan J. Braams, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Wilfried Schmid, Ralph A. Raimi, William Quirk, Thomas Parker, Lawrence Braden, David Klein 1.5.2005
NationalReport
The State of State English Standards 2005
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Sandra Stotsky 1.5.2005
NationalReport
Fwd: Opportunities Lost: How New York City got derailed on the way to school reform
Sol Stern 12.3.2004
NationalReport
The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Diane Ravitch 9.29.2004
NationalReport
The Stealth Curriculum: Manipulating America's History Teachers
Sandra Stotsky 4.13.2004
NationalReport
A Consumer's Guide to High School History Textbooks
Diane Ravitch 2.26.2004
NationalReport
Grading the Systems: The guide to state standards, tests, and accountability policies
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Richard W. Cross, Theodor Rebarber 1.30.2004
NationalReport
2004 Thomas B. Fordham Prizes for Excellence in Education
Eric Hanushek 1.26.2004
NationalReport
Effective State Standards for U.S. History: A 2003 Report Card
Sheldon M. Stern 9.22.2003
NationalReport
Terrorists, Despots, and Democracy: What Our Children Need to Know
Richard Rodriguez, Kenneth R. Weinstein, Victor Davis Hanson, Walter Russell Mead 8.1.2003
NationalReport