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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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Educators' perspectives on Common Core implementation
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 2.24.2016
NationalFlypaper
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Beyond multiple choice tests
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Victoria McDougald 2.24.2016
NationalBlog
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Evaluating the Content and Quality of Next Generation Assessments
2.22.2016
NationalBlog
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Implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act toward a coherent, aligned assessment system
Jessica Poiner 2.17.2016
NationalFlypaper
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New Common Core assessments measure the most important content in the standards
Morgan Polikoff 2.17.2016
NationalBlog
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Steering and rowing in the age of ESSA
2.17.2016
NationalFlypaper
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ESSA Accountability Design Competition: My big takeaways
2.16.2016
NationalFlypaper
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Designing accountability systems to avoid NCLB-era mistakes
2.16.2016
NationalFlypaper
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States: Don’t leave K–3 accountability behind under ESSA
Elliot Regenstein 2.16.2016
NationalFlypaper
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Evaluating the Content and Quality of Next Generation Assessments
Nancy Doorey, Morgan Polikoff 2.11.2016
NationalReport
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Evaluating the Content and Quality of Next Generation Assessments: A Preview
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Michael J. Petrilli 2.10.2016
NationalFlypaper