Episode Details

This episode helps schools cut bloated assessment schedules by focusing on two essential questions:

1. Who is at risk?

2. What skills lead to success?

Key Principles:

• Not every assessment needs one-on-one administration
• Assessments must inform instruction, not just generate data
• Question whether testing time is more valuable than teaching time
• Avoid decodable text level assessments that reinforce outdated levelling

The bottom line: Only assess what directly improves student outcomes. Everything else is noise.

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