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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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Will NAEP wreck its reading assessment?
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 7.22.2020
NationalFlypaper
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The upcoming experiment with class size reduction
Dale Chu 7.15.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Dueling Florida standards reviews
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.14.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Pity the history teachers
Michael J. Petrilli 7.8.2020
NationalFlypaper
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The past, present, and future of school accountability
Chad Aldeman, Alex Spurrier, Jennifer Schiess 7.8.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Schools’ role in detecting child maltreatment
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.8.2020
NationalFlypaper
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What are we going to do about school?
Jonathan V. Last 7.6.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Why grades matter
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 7.1.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Why Secretary DeVos should reject Michigan’s testing waiver request
Dale Chu 7.1.2020
NationalFlypaper
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A snapshot of substitute teaching in the U.S.
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.1.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Anti-bullying laws work for female students
Tran Le 7.1.2020
NationalFlypaper