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 News in Brief Only Three Jurisdictions Apply for ESSA's Innovative Test PilotLouisiana, New Hampshire, and Puerto Rico alone have officially submitted applications for the Every Student Succeeds Act's Innovative Assessment pilot, according to the U.S. Department of Education.Every Student Succeeds Act Quiz Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About ESSA?Quiz Yourself: What is the "Weighted Student Funding Pilot" and how do select states plan to use Title II funding?
Every Student Succeeds Act Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Every Student Succeeds ActWhat will ESSA look like when it really hits the classroom? Will ESSA really feel different from the No Child Left Behind Act? Those topics and more in a new Education Week report.Every Student Succeeds Act Editor's Note: ESSA Is on the RunwayThis special report takes a multifaceted look at just how prepared states, districts, and schools are for implementing ESSA's changes when the law goes into full effect for the 2018-19 school year.
Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA Progress Report: How the New Law Is Moving From Policy to PracticeThe Every Student Succeeds Act becomes a working reality in district central offices and schools this fall, but it remains to be seen if the new federal law will live up to its bipartisan promise.
Every Student Succeeds Act Satisfying ESSA's Evidence-Based Requirement Proves TrickyThe law gives new flexibility on how to make improvements to the worst-performing schools, but the choices must have the facts to back them up.
Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA Promised New Gauges of School Quality. Does It Deliver?Chronic absenteeism and college-and-career readiness prove popular as states look to choose a school performance measure beyond test scores and grad rates.
Every Student Succeeds Act Making School-Spending Data Transparent and Accessible Is No Easy LiftESSA’s new requirement that districts report school-by-school spending numbers could prove a boon to the public and parents, and a headache for school administrators.Every Student Succeeds Act Treatment of Vulnerable Students Proves a Political Flashpoint in State ESSA PlansThe law requires states to report the performance of students of color, those with disabilities, and others, but advocates and officials are sharply divided on the approaches states intend to take.Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA Programs and Requirements: What's NewThe Every Student Succeeds Act includes some features new to existing federal K-12 law aimed at giving local leaders more flexibility on testing, spending, school improvement and more.Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA Offers Testing Flexibility. So Why Aren't States Using It?So far, just a handful are aiming to take advantage of new leeway on how to measure student learning, despite long-standing calls for a freer hand on assessments.Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA Pressures States to Assure All Students Have Good TeachersStates must lay out how they'll make sure poor and minority students aren't being taught by a disproportionate number of ineffective or inexperienced teachers. But they have leeway in defining who those teachers are.
Every Student Succeeds Act State, Local Officials Tussle Over Who's in Charge Under ESSAAt issue is just which branch of state government—or even which office—calls the shots on putting the Every Student Succeeds Act into practice. And election-year tensions up the ante.Every Student Succeeds Act Report Roundup Early ChildhoodThough the Every Student Succeeds Act doesn't mandate much for early-childhood education, a new report says states are embracing the first funding stream dedicated to early-childhood education through the law's new Preschool Development Grants.
Every Student Succeeds Act From Our Research Center Teaching—and Reaching—Students Behind BarsA Wyoming correctional school is part of a network working to improve the quality of instruction provided to the "invisible" students living in juvenile-justice facilities.
