Event Summary
On Wednesday, AEI hosted Harvard Professor Daniel Koretz to discuss his new book, “The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better” (University of Chicago Press, 2017).
In his remarks, Dr. Koretz argued that, on the whole, the negatives of our educational obsession with test-based accountability far outweigh the positives. Although assessment is an important tool, Dr. Koretz warned, unrealistic goals around high-stakes testing have led to lower-quality instruction, gamesmanship, and even wide-scale cheating.
Dr. Koretz was joined by Nina Rees of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the Brookings Institution’s Russ Whitehurst, and AEI’s Frederick M. Hess, who discussed the book’s arguments regarding testing and accountability.
—Grant Addison
Event Description
In his new book, “The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better” (University of Chicago Press, 2017), Daniel Koretz, one of the nation’s leading experts on testing, argues that our education system suffers from a myopic focus on high-stakes testing that is misguided and bad for schools and students.
Join AEI on Wednesday, September 27, as Dr. Koretz discusses his book, and an expert panel debates the work’s key points.
Join the conversation on social media with #TestingCharade.
If you are unable to attend, we welcome you to watch the event live on this page. Full video will be posted within 24 hours.
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