
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 Accountability Plateau
Mark Schneider 12.28.2011
NationalReport

Rethinking Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century
12.9.2011
NationalReport

School Finance in the Digital-Learning Era
Paul T. Hill 11.16.2011
NationalReport

Now What? Imperatives and Options for Common Core Implementation and Governance
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Michael J. Petrilli 10.21.2011
NationalReport

Cracks in the Ivory Tower? The Views of Education Professors Circa 2010
Steve Farkas, Ann Duffett 10.21.2011
NationalReport

America's Private Public Schools
Michael J. Petrilli, Janie Scull 10.21.2011
NationalReport

Halting a Runaway Train: Reforming Teacher Pensions for the 21st Century
Mike Lafferty 10.20.2011
NationalReport

Review of the National Research Council's Framework for K-12 Science Education
Paul Gross 10.4.2011
NationalReport

Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude? Performance Trends of Top Students
Robert Theaker, Yun Xiang, Michael Dahlin, John Cronin, Sarah Durant 9.20.2011
NationalReport

Teaching about 9/11 in 2011: What Our Children Need to Know
Richard Rodriguez, Andrew J. Rotherham, William Damon, William Galston, Victor Davis Hanson, Katherine Kersten, Lucien Ellington, Craig Kennedy, Walter Russell Mead 9.7.2011
NationalReport

Shifting Trends in Special Education
Janie Scull, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 5.25.2011
NationalReport