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
Why serve on the National Assessment Governing Board?
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Grade inflation is not a victimless crime
Frederick M. Hess 9.7.2023
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Chronic absenteeism has become a crisis, part 1: Possible causes
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#886: Achievement gaps among advanced students, with Adam Tyner
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The essential state role in educating advanced learners
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 8.31.2023
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Texas’s controversial takeover of Houston’s schools
Daniel Buck 8.31.2023
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Searching for mobility in K–12 achievement
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 8.31.2023
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America’s highest-achieving students are disproportionately Asian. Let’s not be afraid to investigate why.
Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 8.30.2023
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The hill that public education dies on: Transgender policies’ utter contempt for parents
Robert Pondiscio 8.24.2023
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How districts are gaming graduation rates by letting students cheat
Jeremy Noonan 8.24.2023
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