EdNext Podcast: Coronavirus Could Fuel Demand for Better Assessments – by Education Next

A former deputy director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lynn Olson, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss her new report. It details how standardized testing has come under bipartisan attack, and what will need for change for testing to survive.

Listen to the podcast now.

Read “Statewide Standardized Assessments Were in Peril Even Before the Coronavirus. Now They’re Really in Trouble,” by Olson and Craig Jerald.

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Title: EdNext Podcast: Coronavirus Could Fuel Demand for Better Assessments – by Education Next
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Published Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:37:58 +0000