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.
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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 How Will Betsy DeVos Monitor State ESSA Plans? Three Things to KnowThe Education Department has plenty of tools in its monitoring tool box. But advocates are worried the feds won't make sure states are using the Every Student Succeeds Act to look out for vulnerable children.Every Student Succeeds Act Report Roundup AccountabilityStates are taking advantage of the added flexibility given them under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act to adopt a wider range of indicators for measuring schools' educational progress, according to a report from the Learning Policy Institute.Every Student Succeeds Act Is It Time for the American Approach to Assessment to Change?The U.S. tests its students more than most nations, but is the deluge of data providing the information schools need?
Every Student Succeeds Act What's New for Children in Foster Care Under ESSA?ESSA made some key changes for this group of students, but it's unclear if states are following through with a new transportation requirement.
Every Student Succeeds Act Opinion When It Comes to Data, Your District Should Start OversharingA new federal reporting requirement offers equity-minded education leaders and advocates an opportunity to work together, explains Ary Amerikaner.
Every Student Succeeds Act Opinion District Spending Is About to Get a Lot More Transparent. Are You Ready?ESSA's new fiscal transparency requirement is a sleeper issue. Start paying attention, write David A. DeSchryver and Noelle Ellerson Ng.
Every Student Succeeds Act DeVos Ponders Letting Schools Buy Guns Under ESSA in Twist on Federal LawThe money for firearms purchases would come from the Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants, which receive $1.1 billion under the Every Student Succeeds Act.Every Student Succeeds Act News in Brief For 2019-20, Only One District Seeks to Use ESSA's Weighted-Funding PilotNew flexibility offered by the Every Student Succeeds Act so far is not turning out to be the bonanza for school choice that some supporters had hoped.
Every Student Succeeds Act What Is ESSA's New School-Spending Transparency Requirement, and How Will It Work?Answering your questions about the federal law’s mandate that states report school-by-school spending data, and what that means for the debate over K-12 funding at the local level.
Every Student Succeeds Act Betsy DeVos OKs Louisiana Pitch to Use Innovative Tests Under ESSALouisiana is the first state to get the all clear from the U.S. Department of Education to participate in the Every Student Succeeds Act's "Innovative Assessment" pilot.
Every Student Succeeds Act Anti-Test Movement Slows to a CrawlESSA locked federal testing mandates in place, participation is ticking up in key states, and the opt-out movement has been overshadowed by funding, teacher pay, and other battles.
Every Student Succeeds Act How Does Funding for ESSA's Testing Requirements Work?ESSA, like its predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act, requires states to test students in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, in math and reading. But who foots the bill?
Every Student Succeeds Act Does ESSA Require Teachers to Be Highly Qualified?ESSA got rid of the requirement in the law it replaced, the No Child Left Behind Act, that teachers must be highly qualified, which typically meant they needed to have a bachelor's degree in the subject they are teaching and state certification.
Every Student Succeeds Act DeVos Approves Oklahoma's ESSA PlanOklahoma is the forty-seventh state to get the federal seal of approval for its plan to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act. That leaves just three states waiting: California, Florida, and Utah.
Every Student Succeeds Act Q&A Q&A: Making the Most of 'Continuous Improvement' in State ESSA PlansPolicy expert Dan Gordon talks with Education Week about how a continuous improvement approach can help states support low-performing schools, improve achievement across the board, and bolster the work of their own education agencies.
