Statewide standardized testing has long been a cornerstone of public education, providing valuable insights into school performance and driving improvement. But federally mandated testing has become increasingly divisive, complicating new initiatives and stalling a national conversation on raising academic standards.
This FutureEd webinar explored the future of standardized testing to help move this important conversation forward. Moderated by FutureEd Senior Fellow Lynn Olson, the panel featured Andrew Ho, professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; Nicholas Munyan-Penney, assistant director of P-12 policy at The Education Trust; Bonnie O’Keefe, a senior associate partner with Bellwether in the Policy and Evaluation practice area; and Jenn Vranek, founding partner at Education First.
FutureEd's report
Additional resources from the panelists
- Reassessing ESSA Implementation: An Equity Analysis of School Accountability Systems
- The Future of Statewide Summative Assessments
- Multiple Choices: Weighing Updates to State Summative Assessments
- Testing the Waters: Insights Into Parent Perspectives on Through-Year Assessment Implementation
- Towards assessment literacy: Questions to ask about educational tests
- Innovations in Assessment