Commentary
ESSA
Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act toward a coherent, aligned assessment system
Way back in the days of NCLB, testing often existed in a vacuum.
Way back in the days of NCLB, testing often existed in a vacuum.
If you care about state education policy and/or the new federal education law, you ought to spend some time doing three things. First, consider how the performance of schools (and networks of schools) needs to be assessed.
In this week's podcast, Robert Pondiscio and Brandon Wright laud the progress of education policies since NCLB, weigh gentrification’s role in D.C.’s achievement gains, and discuss the controversy surrounding a Success Academies video. In the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines educators’ perspectives on Common Core implementation.