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Report
8.31.2016
Accountability & Testing, ESSA, Advanced Education

High Stakes for High Achievers: State Accountability in the Age of ESSA (Part I)

Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Brandon L. Wright, Audrey Kim

No Child Left Behind meant well, but it had a pernicious flaw: It created strong incentives for schools to focus all their energy on helping low-performing students get over a modest “proficiency” bar. Meanwhile, it ignored the educational needs of high achievers, who were likely to pass state reading and math tests regardless of what happened in the classroom.

Commentary
8.9.2016
ESSA

California goes over the rainbow: An accountability farce

Chester E. Finn, Jr.

No, I’m not referring to the Golden State’s rich palette of ethnic and other minority (and majority) groups, nor to its desire that they’ll live, work, and go to school in harmony, like Monet’s Water Lilies or Matisse’s Fauve masterpieces.

Commentary
8.2.2016
ESSA

Is the new federal testing pilot worth the work?

Jessica Poiner

Many education stakeholders see the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) as an opportunity to fix the most problematic provisions in NCLB. For many critics, the biggest bogeyman was too much standardized testing and its associated accountability measures.