The challenges imposed on schools by the COVID-19 pandemic have left parents and educators without essential information about how students are doing and which schools need urgent attention. Improvements to data collection, including adopting new metrics to track progress and improving reporting standards, are imperative to recovering the education “data hole.” Better transparency, greater accountability, and resumed testing will play key roles in recovering from the shutdowns spurred by the pandemic.
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Read “School Accountability—Past, Present, and Future,” by Chester E. Finn, Jr., via the Hoover Education Success Initiative. Available here: [ Ссылка ].
Read “Eight Recommendations for the Biden Administration,” by Chester E. Finn, Jr., via Education Next. Available here: [ Ссылка ].
Listen to “The Future of Results-Based Accountability in Education,” with Chester E. Finn, Jr., via The Education Exchange podcast. Available here: [ Ссылка ].
Read “How Badly Has the Pandemic Hurt K–12 Learning? Let State Testing in the Spring Tell Us,” by Chester E. Finn, Jr., via the Washington Post. Available here: [ Ссылка ].
Read “Testing, Accountability, NAEP, and Reading,” by Chester E. Finn, Jr., via the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Available here: [ Ссылка ].
Listen to “The Pandemic Is Killing Standardized Testing and the Accountability That Comes with It,” with Chester E. Finn, Jr., via The Education Exchange podcast. Available here: [ Ссылка ].
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