
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


Schools of Thought: A Taxonomy of American Education Governance
Dara Zeehandelaar Shaw, Ph.D., David Griffith, Joanna Smith, Michael Thier, Ross Anderson, Christine Pitts, Hovanes Gasparian 8.26.2015
NationalReport

Alternative Student Growth Measures for Teacher Evaluation
Aaron Churchill 8.24.2015
NationalBlog

We need to know more about credit recovery
Robert Pondiscio 8.21.2015
NationalBlog

We need to know more about credit recovery
Robert Pondiscio 8.21.2015
NationalBlog

Don’t base accountability on marginal differences
Aaron Churchill 8.20.2015
NationalBlog

What will Ohio’s state tests look like in 2015–16?
Jessica Poiner 8.20.2015
NationalBlog

Beyond Common Core: New poll offers heartening results for reformers
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 8.18.2015
NationalBlog

The state of standards and assessments, in two maps
8.17.2015
NationalBlog

The condition of college and career readiness for students from low-income families
Jessica Poiner 8.12.2015
NationalFlypaper

The new ESEA will be “loose-loose” because Arne Duncan went overboard with “tight-tight”
Michael J. Petrilli 8.12.2015
NationalFlypaper

Who Should Be in Charge When School Districts Go into the Red?
Dara Zeehandelaar Shaw, Ph.D., Victoria McDougald 8.6.2015
NationalReport