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Testing at a Crossroads: Assessment for Personalization vs Normalization
From Learning Counsel Report Podcast · Hosted by LeiLani Cauthen
Episode summary
In this episode of Learning Counsel Report Podcast: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a lot of innovation in how testing and assessment is used to provide students and schools with starting places to identify and address unfinished learning. The most critical aspect is to go beyond trying to normalize all students for a teaching reset and use assessments to support recovery from learning loss as well as flag unfinished learning. The application of assessment is now set to provide personalization insights like never before.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a lot of innovation in how testing and assessment is used to provide students and schools with starting places to identify and address unfinished learning. The most critical aspect is to go beyond trying to normalize all students for a teaching reset and use assessments to support recovery from learning loss as well as flag unfinished learning. The application of assessment is now set to provide personalization insights like never before. Listen in to guests Dr. Cheryl Taliaferro, the District Liaison for ASPIRE Academy for Highly Gifted Learners from Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District in Texas and Mary Michael Pontzer, PhD, Vice President, Portfolio Management at Scantron discussing with LeiLani this new crossroads for testing.