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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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Why I support the Common Core (and conservatives should too)
Neerav Kingsland 9.30.2013
NationalBlog
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Focusing on the How: Guidance for School and District Leaders on Supporting Teachers Through the Transition to the Common Core
Victoria McDougald 9.26.2013
NationalBlog
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School Accountability, Postsecondary Attainment and Earnings
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 9.26.2013
NationalBlog
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Knocking the textbooks out of the park
The Education Gadfly 9.26.2013
NationalBlog
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Next steps on accountability
9.26.2013
NationalFlypaper
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Embracing the challenge of classroom-level reform
Kathleen Porter-Magee 9.26.2013
NationalBlog
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Arne Duncan’s muddled line on testing
9.20.2013
NationalFlypaper
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Mediocrity, anyone?
Aaron Churchill 9.19.2013
NationalBlog
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Testing Wars in the Public Schools: A Forgotten History
Melissa Reynolds 9.19.2013
NationalBlog
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Going the extra mile
The Education Gadfly 9.19.2013
NationalBlog
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Standards, reading lists, and censorship
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 9.19.2013
NationalFlypaper