
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


The imperfect "ObamaCore" analogy
Michael J. Petrilli 2.24.2014
NationalFlypaper

Must see TV: Fordham trustee defends Common Core on Fox News
2.24.2014
NationalFlypaper

To save the Common Core, don't fear the moratorium
2.20.2014
NationalFlypaper

Smarter Balanced assessments: A big moment for our schools
2.18.2014
NationalBlog

The Common Core sanity check of the day: Estimation is not a fuzzy math skill
Michael J. Petrilli 2.14.2014
NationalFlypaper

Lies, damned lies, and the Common Core
Michael J. Petrilli 2.7.2014
NationalFlypaper

My thoughts on the State of the Union
Michael J. Petrilli 1.28.2014
NationalFlypaper

Twilight for the conservative era of school reform?
Kathleen Porter-Magee 1.27.2014
NationalBlog

A primer on Common Core–aligned assessments
Chad L. Aldis 1.23.2014
NationalBlog

Knowledge at the Core
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Michael J. Petrilli 1.23.2014
NationalFlypaper

Staying the Course: Transition to the Common Core
1.23.2014
NationalBlog