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testing, admissions, & assessment

18 episodes

Changing My Mind About Schools (and Everything Else)

Diane Ravitch was a champion of education reform until she changed her mind about all of it. This is her story.

A Measure of Intelligence: One Mother's Reckoning with the IQ Test

We talk with Pepper Stetler about her new book, which dives into the history and problems with measuring "intelligence".

How Grades Harm Students & What We Can Do About It

Joshua Eyler talks about the harms of grades, especially on mental health, and how parents can support kids

Off The Mark: How Grades, Ratings, & Rankings Undermine Learning (But Don't Have To)

Balancing the real with the ideal, Jack & Ethan chart a path toward the possibility of doing grades, transcripts, and testing differently.

Telling Powerful Stories of Learning

How can we leverage technology to share stories of student learning?

How Advanced Placement Cheats Students

We've ceded a lot of power to a single company and a single brand - AP - to determine our educational goals, values, & practice.

Bonus: Elevating the Conversation on NAEP Scores

Deconstructing what test scores actually mean.

What does it mean to be "college ready"?

Holding the College Board accountable.

Unpacking Learning Loss: The Who, the What, and the Why

A breakdown of our "Learning Loss Handbook."

Deciphering "Learning Loss"

Examining how the "learning loss" narrative isn't what it seems.

Catalyzing the Ungrading Movement

Approaching progressive concepts beyond academia (YouTube, Twitch, Discord).

Why Rating Students Undermines Learning

Creating spaces of alternative assessment in K-12 and higher ed.

A Way to Ungrade, Floop

Provide effective feedback through the "feedback loop." (It's actually good EdTech!)

The Research on Assessment

The cutting-edge research on moving away from grades.

Building a No Test Future

Building a movement that ends standardized testing.

Self-Assessment, Gradeless Learning, and Teacher Well-Being

Reframe assessment by ungrading.

Making the Switch to Ungrading

Identifying case studies of ungrading and humane assessment.

Redefining Assessment by Implementing Gradeless Learning

Utilizing ungrading and moving away from grades.