95: Deciphering "Learning Loss" w/ Akil Bello

<p>Today, we are joined by Akil Bello. Akil is a supplemental education and test preparation expert. He's launched two companies, developed test preparation programs, and trained hundreds of instructors. He was the founding partner and CEO of Bell Curves, a test prep company based on community partnerships, worked for The Princeton Review, and now is the Senior Director of Advocacy and Advancement at FairTest.</p><br><p>Akil and I talk about the advent of "learning loss" after pandemic schooling, the way that testing companies are using this term to generate more tests and test prep software, what <em>was</em> lost in the pandemic, and what we can do as teachers to build back better.</p><p><br></p><h3>GUESTS</h3><p><strong>Akil Bello</strong>, Senior Director of Advocacy and Advancement at Fairtest, founding partner and former CEO of Bell Curves, and contributor on test equitability, learning loss, and much more</p><p><br></p><h3>RESOURCES</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/akilbello/2021/04/07/how-test-publishers-are-poised-to-profit-from-pandemic-learning-loss/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Test Publishers Are Poised To Profit From Pandemic “Learning Loss” by Akil Bello</a></li><li><a href="https://akilbello.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Akil Bello's website</a></li><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PSgwA2w9KkjnCgBMbTff8wO07FMeodrXlx4eSPMCMZA/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FutureEd State Plan Tracking</a></li><li><a href="https://ies.ed.gov/director/remarks/10-26-2020.asp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Introducing "Operation Reverse the Loss" (IES)</a></li><li><a href="https://writing.humanrestorationproject.org/oh-what-a-tangled-web-we-weave-how-the-testing-industry-manufactured-the-learning-loss-narrative/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave: How the Testing Industry Manufactured the "Learning Loss" Narrative (HRP)</a></li></ul><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color