
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


The Diverse Schools Dilemma
Michael J. Petrilli 9.28.2012
NationalBook

Boosting the Quality and Efficiency of Special Education
Nathan Levenson 8.28.2012
NationalReport

Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Jessica Hockett 7.31.2012
NationalReport

How Americans Would Slim Down Public Education
Steve Farkas, Ann Duffett 7.20.2012
NationalReport

Commentary & Feedback on Draft I of the Next Generation Science Standards
Paul Gross, Lawrence S. Lerner, John Lynch, Martha Schwartz, Richard Schwartz, W. Stephen Wilson 6.20.2012
NationalReport

Putting a Price Tag on the Common Core: How Much Will Smart Implementation Cost?
Patrick J. Murphy, Elliot Regenstein 5.24.2012
NationalReport

Education Reform for the Digital Era
Bryan C. Hassel, Emily Ayscue Hassel, Tamara Butler Battaglino, Matt Haldeman, Paul T. Hill, John E. Chubb 4.20.2012
NationalReport

Review of Draft Texas Mathematics Standards 2012
W. Stephen Wilson 4.17.2012
NationalReport

Ohio Education Gadfly: The Tartans: The story of an Appalachian charter school in Ohio
4.10.2012
OhioGadfly Weekly

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