Open for Discussion: The Future of Student Assessment

There is one place where you can find a rare consensus among NCLB proponents, critics, teachers, and policymakers—none are really satisfied with the state of testing today. At a time when students are tested more than ever—and test results are used to make critical judgments about the performance of schools, teachers, and students—our testing methods don't serve our educational system nearly as well as they should. Can technology transform the way we assess our students?

Today through Thursday, please join us in an online discussion to explore technology's role in improving student assessment. Our all-star panel, including Charles Barone, Ph.D., director of federal policy for the Democrats for Education Reform and former Democratic staff director of the House Education and Labor Committee under Congressman George Miller from 2001 to 2003, Margaret Honey, Ph.D., president of the New York Hall of Science, and former vice president of the Education Development Center and director of EDC's Center for Children and Technology, and Scott Marion, Ph.D., vice president of the National Center for the Improvement in Educational Assessment and former director of assessment and accountability for the Wyoming Department of Education, will engage with your questions.