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
Getting Back to the Head Nod on Common Standards
9.3.2013
NationalFlypaper
What parents want—and how policymakers can provide it
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Michael J. Petrilli 8.27.2013
NationalFlypaper
What Parents Want: Education Preferences and Trade-offs
Dara Zeehandelaar Shaw, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 8.26.2013
NationalReport
Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American School
Julie Spencer-Robinson 8.22.2013
NationalBlog
Next Generation Science Standards Revisited
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Kathleen Porter-Magee 8.22.2013
NationalBlog
Three pollsters walked into a school…
8.22.2013
NationalFlypaper
Commentary on Appendix L: Alignment of the Next Generation Science Standards with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
W. Stephen Wilson 8.20.2013
NationalReport
Exemplary Science Standards: How Does Your State Compare?
Kathleen Porter-Magee, Brandon L. Wright, Laurel Horn 8.20.2013
NationalReport
Milwaukee: Saved by Act 10...For Now
Robert M. Costrell, Larry Maloney 7.17.2013
NationalReport
Paying the Pension Price in Philadelphia
Robert M. Costrell, Larry Maloney 6.3.2013
NationalReport
The Big Squeeze: Retirement Costs and School-District Budgets
Dara Zeehandelaar Shaw, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 6.3.2013
NationalReport