
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


What we're reading this week: January 23, 2025
The Education Gadfly 1.23.2025
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Get ready for more bad news from NAEP 2024
Michael J. Petrilli 1.16.2025
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Fault lines in the MAGA coalition and what they mean for education
Dale Chu 1.16.2025
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On school shootings
Daniel Buck 1.16.2025
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Arkansas’ effort to make Advanced Placement courses universally accessible
Jeff Murray 1.16.2025
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How college AP and IB policies make it harder to graduate early
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1.10.2025
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Education reform in red versus blue states
Michael J. Petrilli 1.9.2025
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Third grade is too late to assess student literacy
Chad Aldeman 1.9.2025
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Ramaswamy nailed the education challenge
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1.2.2025
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Top 20 Fordham articles of 2024
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Closing out 2024 with both eyes closed
Dale Chu 12.20.2024
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