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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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Who will take an early lead in literacy?
3.11.2014
NationalBlog
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Homegrown Common Core implementation: A good bet for Reno
3.10.2014
NationalBlog
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Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke!
3.10.2014
NationalBlog
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The invaluableness of 'obscure' words and the SAT
3.6.2014
NationalFlypaper
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The Match Between Teaching and the Test
Paul E. Barton 3.4.2014
NationalFlypaper
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A brewing storm around third-grade reading
Chad L. Aldis 3.3.2014
NationalBlog
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Virtual Schools: Assessing Progress and Accountability
Jeff Murray 3.3.2014
NationalBlog
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Do standards matter? A teacher’s perspective on the promise and potential of the Common Core
2.28.2014
NationalBlog
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Primary Sources
2.27.2014
NationalBlog
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When 1 + 1 = 0: Why the new Indiana draft standards don’t make the grade
Kathleen Porter-Magee 2.27.2014
NationalBlog
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New from Fordham: Common Core in the Districts: An Early Look at Early Implementers
The Education Gadfly 2.26.2014
NationalFlypaper