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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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Eye-opening snapshot of state-level reform activity
4.17.2014
NationalFlypaper
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Success for third-grade readers in Ohio requires all hands and all voices
Jeff Murray 4.14.2014
NationalBlog
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A lesson in newspaper subtlety
Jeff Murray 4.14.2014
NationalBlog
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Intolerance on the left and the Common Core
Michael J. Petrilli 4.11.2014
NationalFlypaper
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The opt-out outrage
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.9.2014
NationalFlypaper
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Will Kansas ban counting to 100 and reading?
4.4.2014
NationalFlypaper
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Good riddance, Indiana
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.4.2014
NationalBlog
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First shots fired in Louisiana Common Core battle
4.3.2014
NationalFlypaper
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The two tracks of school reform
Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.2.2014
NationalFlypaper
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House proposal strengthens teacher evaluation policy
Chad L. Aldis 3.31.2014
NationalBlog
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How Does a Value-Added Model Compare to the Colorado Growth Model?
Aaron Churchill 3.31.2014
NationalBlog