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
Curriculum wars are inevitable and necessary
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Follow the Science to School: Evidence-based Practices for Elementary Education
Michael J. Petrilli, Kathleen Carroll, Barbara Davidson 3.21.2022
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NAEP: Meeting today’s needs and building a national assessment for the future
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Work instead of school: A better approach for our lowest-performing students?
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Civic education and the battle for Ukraine
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San Francisco’s detracking experiment
Tom Loveless 3.17.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #811: How one district scouts for talent for its gifted programs
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., April Wells 3.16.2022
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