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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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Some great ideas from our ESSA Accountability Design Competition
Michael J. Petrilli 1.29.2016
NationalFlypaper
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ESSA Accountability Design Competition: The Contenders
Michael J. Petrilli 1.28.2016
NationalFlypaper
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ESSA Accountability Design Competition: Meet the Judges
Michael J. Petrilli 1.26.2016
NationalFlypaper
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House Bill 420: Opting out of accountability
Jamie Davies O'Leary 1.25.2016
NationalBlog
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Can parents help with math homework? YES
Jason Zimba, Ph.D. 1.15.2016
NationalBlog
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AP at scale: Public school students in Advanced Placement
1.13.2016
NationalFlypaper
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The case for maximum state flexibility on ESSA accountability
Michael J. Petrilli 1.13.2016
NationalFlypaper
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Why parents don't need to fear Common Core math
1.8.2016
NationalBlog
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Youth Voting: State and city approaches to early civic engagement
Robert Pondiscio 1.6.2016
NationalFlypaper
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The five themes of ESSA coverage
1.6.2016
NationalFlypaper
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Accountability under ESSA: Announcing a design competition
Michael J. Petrilli 1.5.2016
NationalFlypaper