108. Looking Beyond the Assessment for True Growth with Kristine Hadeed

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Too many educational systems determine the success or failure of students based on just a few assessments. Assessments that don’t have a clear goal or purpose, aside from measuring what children can memorize and regurgitate back. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on the podcast, we’re talking about going beyond those assessments and looking at the purpose of assessments and creating a system that’s relevant, equitable, and student-driven.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kristine Hadeed of Beyond Multiple Choice is sharing her personal perspective as well as that of her organization. And she digs into the value of not only assessing students in a different way but also looking at how we’re assessing teaching and teacher training.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is an important conversation as we head into the final weeks of the school year, but it’s also one we should be having as we’re planning out next school year. I hope you’ll tune in!</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">About Kristine Hadeed:</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kristine Hadeed is a Marketing and Communications Strategist for Perigean Technologies, a research and design company that helps organizations improve cognitive performance through engineering and learning.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Perigean, Kristine helps organize Beyond Multiple Choice, a free virtual event series that explores one overarching question:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"How can we move beyond multiple-choice to better assess the effectiveness of learning, teaching, and training?"</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A former classroom educator and Teach for America alumna, Kristine frequently engages in discussions and community organizing around education reform. She is passionate about helping to share ideas surrounding important social issues in ways that