States have an opportunity to use the new flexibility embedded in ESSA to develop stronger testing systems without the pressure of NCLB’s exclusive focus on summative tests.
Holding states, districts, and schools accountable for improving the performance of all groups of students remains critical to improving the quality of education in America.
5 Key Principles to Guide Consideration of any ESEA Title I Formula Change
Here are five principles to guide lawmakers as they take action to make Title I—a key funding source for school districts serving poor students—more fair, transparent, and impactful.
These five new ideas for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act would improve school funding and ensure that low-income students attend better-funded schools.
Congress must address how current federal law masks education funding disparities between low- and higher-income students by fixing the so-called comparability loophole.
A new proposal to update the No Child Left Behind Act includes a provision that could substantially redistribute federal dollars away from the students who need them the most.
How ESEA Title I, Part A, Funding Can Better Serve the Most Disadvantaged Students
As Congress debates No Child Left Behind, it should seize the opportunity to improve the way it allocates Title I, Part A, dollars to serve students in settings of poverty.
