
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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Dale Chu 11.6.2019
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The relationship between racial discipline and achievement gaps
Tran Le 11.6.2019
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Wonkathon 2019: What’s the best way to help students who are several grade levels behind?
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From Play-doh to Plato: All students need to grapple with grade-level text
Harriett Janetos 11.6.2019
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Tailored paths that can combine pre-, on-, and post-grade skills are the solution for students below grade level in math
Joel Rose 11.6.2019
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Is Advanced Placement Good for Everyone? A Discussion with Partisans and Doubters
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Dan Weisberg 11.5.2019
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Rigor or personalized learning? Just ask Dr. Seuss.
Jessica Shopoff 11.5.2019
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2019 WONKATHON THIRD-PLACE ENTRY: Follow schools’ leads to embrace personalized learning and academic rigor
Gwen Baker, Lauren Schwartze, Bonnie O'Keefe 11.4.2019
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To help students who are several “grade levels” behind in reading, focus on building—and assessing—students’ knowledge
Natalie Wexler 11.4.2019
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To help students who are several grade levels behind, implement IEPs in elementary and middle school
Charles Ogundimu, Ph.D. 11.1.2019
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