US: Evidence and the ESSA

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US: Evidence and the ESSA

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Thanks to Kerry Hempenstall who flagged this up via the DDOLL network and Ken Moore who flagged it up via the UK Reading Reform Foundation. Ironically, although about the US, Robert E. Slavin's piece appeared in 'The Huffington Post, Australia':


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-e- ... =Australia
Evidence and the ESSA

Robert E. Slavin

The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the new and vastly improved version of what is now being called the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the successor to No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). For people (such as me) who believe that evidence will provide salvation for education in our country, the House and Senate ESSA conference bill has a lot to like, especially in comparison to the earlier draft...
Do read the whole piece... ;)
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