Issues

CCCRA supports actions and policies that will help define student achievement and provide educators and parents with the tools and resources to prepare young people for success.

Any major education initiative, including reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), should include:

Higher and consistent state standards help students, educators, and parents clearly understand what students must learn from kindergarten through graduation to be prepared for college and careers

Emphasis on effective teaching including new policies and incentives to help recruit, prepare, reward, train, measure, and support America’s educators

Quality public charter schools offer educators and policymakers flexibility to implement innovative tools to improve student achievement

Robust data and high-quality data systems successfully measure student progress

Accountability holds states, districts, and schools responsible for improving performance and make transparent who is making significant progress on reforms advanced through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)