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
Accountability without testing = trouble
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1.30.2020
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The endless, rocky path to reading science
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1.29.2020
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Enduring math woes jeopardize America’s standing in the world
Brandon L. Wright 1.29.2020
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Hiding in plain sight: Advancing SEL by tackling today’s urgent problems
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1.29.2020
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Using screen-time to boost children’s science and engineering knowledge
Brandon L. Wright 1.29.2020
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The case for focusing SEL on social-network building
Tran Le 1.29.2020
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What American education could buy with a larger investment in research and development
Michael J. Petrilli 1.22.2020
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Reader’s workshop: The science denial curriculum
Robert Pondiscio 1.22.2020
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D.C. continues to improve its teacher evaluation system
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 1.22.2020
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School Improvement Grants worked well—at least in these four locales
Jessica Poiner 1.22.2020
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The Education Gadfly Show: Research Deep Dive—School discipline reform
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Matthew Steinberg 1.21.2020
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