
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


Lessons for standardized testing from the cancellation of the NFL scouting combine
Dale Chu 3.4.2021
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Jay Mathews’s admirable optimism about American education
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 3.4.2021
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Digging deeply into the data on school turnarounds
Olivia Piontek 3.4.2021
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What we're reading this week: March 4, 2021
The Education Gadfly 3.4.2021
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The Education Gadfly Show: Does Biden have the right tack on school reopenings?
Michael J. Petrilli, Dale Chu, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 2.25.2021
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Is hybrid learning killing teaching?
Robert Pondiscio 2.25.2021
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Power to the people? Part 2: History’s lessons for “community control”
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.25.2021
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Assessing the value of community college credentials
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 2.25.2021
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What happens to English learners’ academic achievement when they’re reclassified as English proficient?
Melissa Gutwein 2.25.2021
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What we're reading this week: February 25, 2021
The Education Gadfly 2.25.2021
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Gen Z and Millennials are bullish on their futures and critical about today’s schools
Bruno V. Manno 2.23.2021
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