Every Student Succeeds Act
Education news, analysis, and opinion about the Every Student Succeeds Act.
The Every Student Succeeds Act: An ESSA Overview
2015's Every Student Succeeds Act rolls back much of the federal government's big footprint in education policy.
Special Report
Putting ESSA's Puzzle Together
This special report on the Every Student Succeeds Act offers a big-picture look at the state of play on ESSA nationally some three years after the federal K-12 law’s passage.
Special Report
ESSA on the Runway
The Every Student Succeeds Act makes its classroom debut this fall. Here’s a look at where things stand after more than two years of preparation by states and school districts that must make ESSA legislative blueprint a reality.
Quality Counts
Special Report
Quality Counts 2017: Building on ESSA's K-12 Foundation
Quality Counts is Education Week's annual report on state-level efforts to improve public education. This 21st edition examines what states and districts are doing to make ready for the Every Student Succeeds Act’s implementation.
Every Student Succeeds Act Opinion Education Reform as We Know It Is Over. What Have We Learned?Before charting a new course in education policy, we should figure out what the reform movement got right—and wrong, writes Van Schoales.
Every Student Succeeds Act Opinion Your Objections to Whole-Child Education Aren't Wrong. They're Just OutdatedIn early-childhood education, whole-child curricula and strong academics aren’t mutually exclusive, write Beverly Perdue and Vincent J. Costanza.
Every Student Succeeds Act DeVos Mends Fences With State Chiefs, Faces Critics in CongressAfter weathering a political storm over the Trump administration's proposed budget at the end of March, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos continued her run of public appearances into April, and got widely varied reactions from state education leaders and from lawmakers on Capitol Hill.Every Student Succeeds Act News in Brief Arizona Could Lose $340 Million For Skirting ESSA Testing RulesArizona faces a loss of $340 million in federal funding because the state hasn't followed the Every Student Succeeds Act's rules for testing its students, say U.S. Department of Education officials.
Every Student Succeeds Act Here's How Well a Key Civil Rights Group Thinks States Address Equity in ESSAThe National Urban League says eight states are doing a "poor" job looking out for vulnerable students under their ESSA plans, while many others are doing "sufficient" work.Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA's Growing Pains Evident Amid ProgressFrom oversight and state and district accountability to data reporting, the Every Student Succeeds Act remains a work in progress more than four years after its passage.
Every Student Succeeds Act States, Districts Tackle the Tough Work of Making ESSA a RealityA check-in shows that states and districts are mostly using newfound flexibility under the Every Student Succeeds Act to make incremental changes in education policy.
Every Student Succeeds Act Answering Your ESSA QuestionsAs part of a continuing series, Education Week’s Politics K-12 bloggers field questions from educators, policymakers, and others about meeting the challenges of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Every Student Succeeds Act Hitting ESSA's Elusive Targets on School AccountabilityStates have all had their blueprints approved under the Every Student Succeeds Act, but advocates are withholding judgment on whether those efforts are on the right track.
Every Student Succeeds Act Overhauling Student Assessments: A View From the Pilot's SeatLouisiana and New Hampshire are among the handful of states that have stepped up to experiment with crafting new student assessments under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Every Student Succeeds Act States Hunt for Evidence to Underpin School Turnaround EffortsIt's not enough to come up with a plan to fix the worst-performing schools, the strategy must show it has a chance of working to satisfy the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Every Student Succeeds Act Video Experience Education Week’s Summit on “Living With ESSA’s Changes”Deputy Managing Editor Mark W. Bomster talks about how the Every Student Succeeds Act is shaking up the policy landscape for K-12 schools and invites educators to take part in “Living with ESSA’s Changes,” summit on Tuesday, May 14, at 1 p.m. In this online event, Education Week journalists and guests will staff online “discussion rooms” on a host of topics, including: including how to fix low-performing schools, meet strict accountability requirements for vulnerable students, and make sure parents and the public are kept in the loop throughout. You will get a unique opportunity to interact directly with the writers and experts who helped shape coverage of our new special report on ESSA. After the discussions, watch writers and editors sum up the discussions in a series of livestreamed interviews.Every Student Succeeds Act Report Roundup After-School ProgramsAfter-school programs can help schools support students' reading and math achievement, social-emotional development, and their likelihood of graduating high school, finds a research analysis.Every Student Succeeds Act Report Roundup Research Report: TestingAs states develop new testing and accountability systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act, a report by the think tank National Education Policy Center offers guidance to prevent misuse of tests.Every Student Succeeds Act How Are States Measuring College-and-Career Readiness? It's a Hodge-PodgeNearly all are gauging school performance in part by whether students show they're ready for life after high school, a way of meeting ESSA's requirement for some measure aside from test scores.
