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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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The Proper Perspective: Ohio school report cards and the opt-out problem
3.28.2016
NationalBlog
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Teacher resources: When one door closes, another one opens
Jessica Poiner 3.24.2016
NationalBlog
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Education for Upward Mobility
Michael J. Petrilli 3.15.2016
NationalBook
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Advances in accessibility through PARCC and Smarter Balanced
Robert Pondiscio 3.9.2016
NationalFlypaper
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Ohio school report cards: The end of education’s era of good feelings
Aaron Churchill 3.7.2016
NationalBlog
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Pencils down: What I learned from studying the quality of state tests
Morgan Polikoff 3.7.2016
NationalBlog
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How well do next-generation tests measure higher-order thinking skills?
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Victoria McDougald 3.4.2016
NationalFlypaper
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Using ESSA to fix reading: Implications for state policy
Robert Pondiscio 3.2.2016
NationalFlypaper
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Can higher standards survive their own success?
Robert Pondiscio 3.1.2016
NationalBlog
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Opting out has minimal impact on Ohio school grades
Jamie Davies O'Leary 2.29.2016
NationalBlog
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Introducing the Fordham Institute’s 2015 Annual Report
Michael J. Petrilli 2.29.2016
NationalFlypaper