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High Expectations

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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Reading improvement will require bigger goals and more learning spirit

Emily Freitag 11.11.2025
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Read by grade three? How about reading (and writing) beyond it

Miah Daughtery 11.11.2025
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Don't just pass reading laws—build sustainable literacy systems

Annie Morrison, Kathy Kelly 11.11.2025
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We know how to plug advanced education’s leaky pipeline—so why aren’t we?

Jonathan Plucker 11.11.2025
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The science of reading revolution has the right science—but the wrong system

Lisa Wyatt , Kelsey Hendricks 11.10.2025
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Why a focus on skill type is necessary to help more children learn to read

Munro Richardson 11.10.2025
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We have lost the plot on the science of reading

Emily Shisler 11.10.2025
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To make science of reading laws work, invest in educators

Emilie Raczek 11.10.2025
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How young is a young developing reader?

Pamela Nevills 11.10.2025
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Look at the children: What we miss when we talk about the science of reading

Julie Wible, Maureen Mirabito 11.7.2025
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New Year’s resolutions and the Mississippi Marathon: How states can make reading policy stick

Todd Collins 11.7.2025
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The 90-minute solution: How states, districts, and schools can make reading science stick

Megan Reder-Schopp 11.7.2025
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