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Testing has become a dirty word in education after years of state mandated standardized testing. But educators are finding creative ways to use assessments in the classroom.
The pandemic has fundamentally changed teaching and learning in the US.
When it comes to evaluating students, educators are re-evaluating the role that tests and quizzes have in the classroom.
As part of our Learning Curve series, we take a look at how testing has become a dirty word in education, and why it’s still essential to learning.
Jennifer Walton-Fisette is an education professor at Kent State University - she teaches teachers - and she has an unofficial rule in the classroom, “We don’t ever use the word testing.”