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#866: The challenges of implementing through-course assessments, with Scott Marion

Scott Marion Michael J. Petrilli Adam Tyner, Ph.D. David Griffith
4.19.2023
 

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Scott Marion of the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the challenges of implementing through-course assessments, which would roll up two or three tests during the school year into a final score for accountability purposes. Then, on the Research Minute, Adam Tyner tells us about a new meta-analysis that finds how schools spend money is more important than how much they spend.

Recommended content:

  • Through-year assessment: Ten key considerations —Nathan Dadey, Carla Evans, and Will Lorié
  • “Through-year assessment: Are we asking too much?” —Catherine Gewertz
  • “Through-year assessment: A unified solution to measure grade-level achievement and growth” —NWEA
  • The study that Adam reviewed on the Research Minute: Danielle Handel and Eric Hanushek, “U.S. School Finance: Resources and Outcomes,” NBER Working Paper (December 2022

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Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to our producer Nathaniel Grossman at [email protected].

Policy Priority:
Standards & Accountability
Topics:
Accountability & Testing

Scott Marion is the president and executive director of the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment.

President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, a Distinguished Senior Fellow for…

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Adam Tyner is national research director at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he develops, executes, and manages new research projects. Prior to joining Fordham, Dr. Tyner served as senior quantitative analyst at Hanover Research, where he executed data analysis projects and worked with school districts and other education stakeholders to…

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David Griffith is Associate Director of Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he manages or authors reports on various subjects including charter schools, …

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