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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
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Acceleration breaks the poverty cycle
Susan Rhodes 1.9.2019
NationalThe High Flyer
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Education 20/20: Mona Charen and Ramesh Ponnuru
9.1.2024 9:19 pm
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Can states help parents get un-muddled?
Elliot Regenstein, Tim Daly 12.13.2018
NationalFlypaper
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How much should we rely on student test achievement as a measure of success?
Dana Goldhaber, Umut Özek 12.6.2018
NationalFlypaper
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Education 20/20: Ian Rowe and Michael Barone
9.1.2024 9:19 pm
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Gotta Give 'Em Credit: State and District Variation in Credit Recovery Participation Rates
Adam Tyner, Ph.D., Nicholas Munyan-Penney 11.29.2018
NationalReport
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Education 20/20: Naomi Schaefer Riley and Jonah Goldberg
9.1.2024 9:19 pm
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Inflated Grades: What Happens When Report Cards Lie
9.1.2024 9:19 pm
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Education 20/20: "Double Standards on Discipline Will Widen the Racial Divide"
9.1.2024 9:19 pm
, Event
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Grade Inflation in High Schools (2005–2016)
Seth Gershenson 9.19.2018
NationalReport
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A tangled web: The high school diploma, college and career readiness, and CTE
Marc Tucker 9.12.2018
NationalFlypaper