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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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Ohio Education Gadfly: The Tartans: The story of an Appalachian charter school in Ohio
4.10.2012
OhioGadfly Weekly
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Defining Strong State Accountability Systems: How Can Better Standards Gain Greater Traction?
Eileen Reed, Janie Scull, Gerilyn Slicker, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 4.2.2012
NationalReport
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Overcoming the Governance Challenge in K-12 Online Learning
John E. Chubb 2.6.2012
NationalReport
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The State of State Science Standards 2012
1.30.2012
NationalReport
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The Costs of Online Learning
1.9.2012
NationalReport
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Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning: Three (Imperfect) Approaches
1.9.2012
NationalReport
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Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction
1.9.2012
NationalReport
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The Accountability Plateau
Mark Schneider 12.28.2011
NationalReport
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Rethinking Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century
12.9.2011
NationalReport
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School Finance in the Digital-Learning Era
Paul T. Hill 11.16.2011
NationalReport