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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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The State of State Science Standards 2005
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Martha Schwartz, Lawrence S. Lerner, Susan Haack, Paul Gross, Richard Schwartz, Ursula Goodenough 12.7.2005
NationalReport
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Less Than Proficient
Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Paul Gross 10.24.2005
NationalReport
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Mayhem in the Middle: How middle schools have failed America, and how to make them work
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Cheri Pierson Yecke 9.14.2005
NationalReport
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Personality Test: The dispositional dispute in teacher preparation today, and what to do about it
William Damon 9.8.2005
NationalReport
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Fwd: It's All About the Kids
Martin A. Davis, Jr. 7.21.2005
NationalReport
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Fwd: Half Empty or Half Full?: Florida's voluntary pre-Kindergarten standards
Amy Wilkins 5.5.2005
NationalReport
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The State of State Math Standards 2005
W. Stephen Wilson, Bastiaan J. Braams, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Wilfried Schmid, Ralph A. Raimi, William Quirk, Thomas Parker, Lawrence Braden, David Klein 1.5.2005
NationalReport
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The State of State English Standards 2005
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Sandra Stotsky 1.5.2005
NationalReport
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Fwd: Opportunities Lost: How New York City got derailed on the way to school reform
Sol Stern 12.3.2004
NationalReport
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The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Diane Ravitch 9.29.2004
NationalReport
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The Stealth Curriculum: Manipulating America's History Teachers
Sandra Stotsky 4.13.2004
NationalReport