Anne Hyslop

Director of Policy Development

Anne Hyslop joined All4Ed in July 2018 and leads the organization’s policy research, analysis, and evaluation efforts.

For more than a decade, Anne has focused on creating effective, equity-oriented policies that will ensure all students graduate high school college- and career-ready, with expertise in standards, assessments, accountability, and school improvement. Through her experience at the state and federal levels, she has worked to drive change through policy analysis and research, writing, strategic consulting, and technical assistance.

Anne served as a senior policy advisor in the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Education from 2015-2016. In this role, she helped develop and implement the Obama administration’s K–12 policy priorities, supported the drafting of the Every Student Succeeds Act, and led efforts to write regulations and guidance for school accountability and innovative assessments. Through her past work for Chiefs for Change, Bellwether, New America, and Education Sector, she provided technical assistance to state policymakers, advised clients, conducted research, and wrote extensively on school accountability systems, high school exit exams, Common Core implementation, and college and career readiness. Her work and commentary have been featured in The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, Slate, Education Week, The 74, and Politico.

Anne began her career working in state government, developing early childhood policy for the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and managing Virginia’s quality rating and improvement system and other efforts to promote school readiness and access to high-quality preschool. She holds a bachelor’s degree in government from the College of William and Mary and a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University and resides in Richmond, Virginia.

Articles by Anne

November 18, 2020

Publication | Accountability and Support, Every Student Succeeds Act

When Equity Is Optional: Students of Color More Likely to Attend Low-Rated Schools

School ratings can reveal disparities in the quality of education different groups of students receive. Black and Latino students were more likely to attend low-rated schools than White students.
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November 18, 2020

Publication | Accountability and Support, Every Student Succeeds Act, High Schools

When Equity Is Optional: Low-Graduation-Rate High Schools and the 67% Threshold

ESSA requires states to identify high schools where fewer than 67% of students graduate for comprehensive support and improvement (CSI). This might seem like a bright-line rule that would affect states similarly, but the likelihood that high schools were identified varied widely.
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November 9, 2020

Federal Flash | Congress, COVID Response & Recovery, US Department of Education

What Biden’s Win Means for Education

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be the next president and vice president of the United States. Meanwhile, Republicans gained ground in the House…
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October 24, 2020

Federal Flash | Congress, COVID Response & Recovery, Data, Opportunity to Learn, US Department of Education

A Civil Rights Data Collection That Ignores Students’ Civil Rights

New Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) findings were released, but the U.S. Department of Education (ED) isn’t talking about what the data means for…
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October 8, 2020

Federal Flash | Congress, COVID Response & Recovery

Trump’s Tweets Leave COVID-19 Relief to Schools in Limbo

Last week, House Democrats brought a new version of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act to the table that dedicated…
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October 2, 2020

Federal Flash | Congress, COVID Response & Recovery, Federal Education Budget, Funding Equity, Other Priorities

A New—and Improved—HEROES Act for Education

House Democrats bring a new Health and Emergency Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act to the table, with a lower overall price tag but…
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