#866: The challenges of implementing through-course assessments, with Scott Marion

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, <a href='https://www.nciea.org/blog/author/scott-marion/'>Scott Marion</a> of the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the challenges of implementing through-course assessments, which would roll up two or three tests during the school year into a final score for accountability purposes. Then, on the Research Minute, Adam Tyner tells us about a new meta-analysis that finds <em>how</em> schools spend money is more important than <em>how much</em> they spend.<br/><br/><b>Recommended content:</b></p><ul><li><em>Through-year assessment: Ten key considerations</em> —<a href='https://www.nciea.org/library/through-year-assessment-ten-key-considerations/'>Nathan Dadey, Carla Evans, and Will Lorié</a></li><li>“Through-year assessment: Are we asking too much?” —<a href='https://www.nciea.org/blog/through-year-assessment-are-we-asking-too-much/'>Catherine Gewertz</a></li><li>“Through-year assessment: A unified solution to measure grade-level achievement and growth” —<a href='https://www.nwea.org/through-year-assessment/'>NWEA</a></li><li>The study that Adam reviewed on the Research Minute: Danielle Handel and Eric Hanushek, “<a href='https://www.nber.org/papers/w30769'>U.S. School Finance: Resources and Outcomes</a>,” NBER Working Paper (December 2022)</li></ul><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Feedback Welcome:</b></p><p>Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to our producer Nathaniel Grossman at <a href='mailto:ngrossman@fordhaminstitute.org'>ngrossman@fordhaminstitute.org</a>.</p>