ESSA Balances The Weaknesses Of The Education System

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While the ESSA is a fairly new policy there is a determined hope that the education system can see a much desired turn around in graduation rates and continue closing the gap for poor and minority students so every student in the nation can truly gain the education they deserve, and succeed. A ccording to Neil (2015) “ESSA balances its flaws – maintaining the federal enforcement on states to use a battery of standardized tests to measure outcomes – with its strengths: recognizing the rights of parents to opt their children out of tests in states that allow it.” T he ESSA looks at the national education law and commits to upholding equal opportunity for all students by restoring local education control through shifting more power to the states.