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 in the Schools: A First Look at Reading Assignments
Tim Shanahan, Ann Duffett 10.22.2013
NationalReport
Ohio's ever-evolving value-added accountability system
Aaron Churchill 10.18.2013
NationalBlog
Getting implementation right
10.18.2013
NationalFlypaper
Shaking things up in the best of ways
The Education Gadfly 10.17.2013
NationalBlog
Changing the conversation: The promise of the Common Core reading standards
Kathleen Porter-Magee 10.17.2013
NationalBlog
Rethinking high school
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 10.14.2013
NationalFlypaper
Showtime's over, the hard work continues
Aaron Churchill , Jeff Murray 10.14.2013
NationalBlog
Common Core has nationalized our curriculum & these local decisions prove it!
Kathleen Porter-Magee 10.9.2013
NationalBlog
Change and opportunity for Ohio’s urban districts
Aaron Churchill 10.8.2013
NationalBlog
Implementing the Common Core: Notes from a rural Ohio school
Theda Sampson 10.8.2013
NationalBlog
CCSSO gives the feds a way out
10.8.2013
NationalFlypaper