No Child Left Behind Act
Education news, analysis, and opinion about the version of the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act in place from 2002 to 2015. It was replaced by the Every Student Succeeds Act.
See also: Every Student Succeeds Act, Federal Policy
No Child Left Behind: An Overview
A primer on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. Its successor, the Every Student Succeeds Act, replaced NCLB in Dec. 2015.
Every Student Succeeds Act
ESSA Loosens Reins on Teacher Evaluations, Qualifications
The Every Student Succeeds Act could embolden some states to revise or abandon their current methods for rating teachers.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Under ESSA, States, Districts to Share More Power
The Every Student Succeeds Act, the latest version of the nation’s main K-12 law, aims to scale back the hands-on federal role in elementary and secondary education.
Every Student Succeeds Act
ESSA Law Broadens Definition of School Success
The Every Student Succeeds Act requires states to measure at least one nonacademic factor, such as student engagement, when tracking schools' performance.
Every Student Succeeds Act
New K-12 Law Adds to Buzz as Legislatures Set to Convene
State lawmakers around the country will be looking closely at how new flexibility for states under the Every Student Succeeds Act will play out on a key range of issues in their backyards.
School & District Management
Highlighting No Child Left Behind Act-Era Research
Education researchers have tracked a flood of changes that swept through states under the 2002 revision of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, offering a mixed picture.
Federal
Path to School Accountability Taking Bold New Turns
With the hands-on federal role in education policy set to scale back, states and districts examine ways to step up with their own approaches.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Ed. Dept. to States: Even Under ESSA, You Need a Plan for High Opt-Out Rates
The U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to states, warning that they need to be prepared to handle their testing opt-outs in 2015-16.
Federal
Ed. Department Puts Massachusetts Title I Funds on 'High Risk' Status
The department said the state must show that it is administering the same test statewide to students in grades 3-8 and high school by May 31, 2016, or else potentially lose a portion of the state's Title I funds.
Every Student Succeeds Act
ESSA's Flexibility on Assessment Elicits Qualms From Testing Experts
The Every Student Succeeds Act allows states and districts to cobble scores from interim assessments into a single, summative score, but some experts worry that will make the results less valid.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Alexander: Federal Role on K-12 Will Be 'Very Different' Under ESSA
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. says at least three major oversight hearings already are being planned on the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Every Student Succeeds Act
How Far Should the Education Department Go in Regulating on ESSA?
The civil rights community and district advocates have pretty different ideas about what the prohibitions on secretarial authority mean in the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Federal
Opinion
ESSA Cements the K-12 Obama-Duncan Legacy
ESSA is not a federal intervention "smack down," writes Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to Arne Duncan.
Every Student Succeeds Act
President Signs ESEA Rewrite, Giving States, Districts Bigger Say on Policy
The Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, puts states and districts back at the wheel on teacher evaluation, standards, school turnarounds, and accountability.
Every Student Succeeds Act
House Approval of ESEA Overhaul a Bipartisan Move
The bill approved by a 359-64 margin would scale back the federal role in education for the first time since the early 1980s.