For instance, if there is a set of classrooms that are using some new
piece of
educational software, we should be able to go out and find other classrooms that have very similar students, that have students with similar prior achievement, similar demographics and so forth, and then just track them over time and just automatically report the differences in outcomes for the students
receiving the software and then the comparison group of students that aren't.
A few journalists and advocates also mentioned two California - based nonprofit outlets: EdSource, whose work includes a nice
piece on how ESSA is clearing the way for more
educational focus on science in California, and CalMatters, which has reported about how some of the worst academic performers in the state might
receive no extra help under the state's new system.