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
Common Core: Lessons learned from a year of debate
Jessica Poiner 2.9.2015
NationalBlog
NCLB accountability is dead; long live ESEA testing
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.5.2015
NationalFlypaper
Understanding the federal accountability spectra
2.5.2015
NationalFlypaper
Nine questions: What does it even mean to oppose the Common Core?
Michael J. Petrilli 1.29.2015
NationalFlypaper
Advice to Republican leaders: Don't back down on high education standards
1.27.2015
NationalBlog
Stump speech challenge: A New Deal on testing
Robert Pondiscio 1.26.2015
NationalBlog
Tennessee embraced Common Core for a reason
1.22.2015
NationalBlog
Stay the course or turn the page?
Michael J. Petrilli 1.14.2015
NationalBlog
ESEA update: More red than green in Lamar Alexander's reauthorization bill
Michael J. Petrilli 1.14.2015
NationalFlypaper
When the standard algorithm is the only algorithm taught
1.9.2015
NationalBlog
State chiefs speak on ESEA
1.9.2015
NationalFlypaper