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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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NEW from Fordham: Common Core and America's High-Achieving Students
The Education Gadfly 2.23.2015
NationalFlypaper
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Common Core and America's High-Achieving Students
Jonathan Plucker 2.22.2015
NationalReport
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Can gifted education survive the Common Core?
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 2.20.2015
NationalBlog
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An ode to Common Core kindergarten standards
2.20.2015
NationalBlog
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The central problem with Jason Riley's argument
Michael J. Petrilli 2.18.2015
NationalBlog
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One size fits most, even in the suburbs
Michael J. Petrilli 2.15.2015
NationalFlypaper
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Is Common Core too hard for kindergarten?
Robert Pondiscio 2.11.2015
NationalBlog
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Teacher evaluation gone wrong
Brandon L. Wright 2.10.2015
NationalFlypaper
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The future of school accountability
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.9.2015
NationalFlypaper
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Time for a checkup?
Ohio Education Gadfly 2.9.2015
NationalBlog
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Common Core: Lessons learned from a year of debate
Jessica Poiner 2.9.2015
NationalBlog