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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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Common Core in the Districts: An Early Look at Early Implementers
2.26.2014
NationalReport
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The imperfect "ObamaCore" analogy
Michael J. Petrilli 2.24.2014
NationalFlypaper
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Must see TV: Fordham trustee defends Common Core on Fox News
2.24.2014
NationalFlypaper
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To save the Common Core, don't fear the moratorium
2.20.2014
NationalFlypaper
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Smarter Balanced assessments: A big moment for our schools
2.18.2014
NationalBlog
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The Common Core sanity check of the day: Estimation is not a fuzzy math skill
Michael J. Petrilli 2.14.2014
NationalFlypaper
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Lies, damned lies, and the Common Core
Michael J. Petrilli 2.7.2014
NationalFlypaper
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My thoughts on the State of the Union
Michael J. Petrilli 1.28.2014
NationalFlypaper
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Twilight for the conservative era of school reform?
Kathleen Porter-Magee 1.27.2014
NationalBlog
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A primer on Common Core–aligned assessments
Chad L. Aldis 1.23.2014
NationalBlog
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Knowledge at the Core
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Michael J. Petrilli 1.23.2014
NationalFlypaper