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
Can we revive standards-based reform?
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 7.14.2022
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Relinquishment or instructional coherence: What’s the right goal for districts?
Dale Chu 7.14.2022
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Stop neglecting gifted students’ social and emotional needs
Susan Miller, Tom Coyne 7.14.2022
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Beyond free tuition: How college promise scholarships are perceived by awardees
Jeff Murray 7.14.2022
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The swirling private-school universe
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 7.7.2022
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On the persistence of the achievement gap
David Armor 7.7.2022
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Does keeping students with the same teacher for multiple years boost outcomes?
Nathaniel Grossman 7.7.2022
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What we're reading this week: July 7, 2022
The Education Gadfly 7.7.2022
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Hope and progress for gifted education
Brandon L. Wright 7.6.2022
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Building better evidence on pre-K by strengthening assessments of children’s skills
Meghan McCormick 7.1.2022
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Teaching virtue in the digital age
Jennifer Frey 6.30.2022
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