
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


Can a bonus payment help fill special education teacher positions? Evidence from Hawaii.
Jeff Murray 2.13.2025
NationalFlypaper

Easy, DOGE. IES matters.
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 2.11.2025
NationalFlypaper

Trump should stay out of what students learn in school
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1.30.2025
NationalFlypaper

NAEP’s dead birds
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1.30.2025
NationalFlypaper

The case for storytelling in the history curriculum
Matthew Levey 1.30.2025
NationalFlypaper

Outcomes of a virtual literacy tutoring intervention in Massachusetts
Jeff Murray 1.30.2025
NationalFlypaper

Can setting a teacher salary floor improve student performance across a state?
Heena Kuwayama 1.30.2025
NationalFlypaper

The religious charter schools case is a bigger deal than you think
Michael J. Petrilli 1.26.2025
NationalFlypaper

Penny Schwinn: The next Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education
Dale Chu 1.23.2025
NationalFlypaper

The knowledge revival
Robert Pondiscio 1.23.2025
NationalFlypaper

Is the new way to remediate community college students working?
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 1.23.2025
NationalFlypaper