Too many educational systems determine the success or failure of students based on just a few assessments. Assessments that don't have a clear goal or purpose, aside from measuring what children can memorize and regurgitate back.

This week on the podcast, we're talking about going beyond those assessments and looking at the purpose of assessments and creating a system that's relevant, equitable, and student-driven.

Kristine Hadeed of Beyond Multiple Choice is sharing her personal perspective as well as that of her organization. And she digs into the value of not only assessing students in a different way but also looking at how we're assessing teaching and teacher training.

This is an important conversation as we head into the final weeks of the school year, but it's also one we should be having as we're planning out next school year. I hope you'll tune in!

About Kristine Hadeed:

Kristine Hadeed is a Marketing and Communications Strategist for Perigean Technologies, a research and design company that helps organizations improve cognitive performance through engineering and learning.

At Perigean, Kristine helps organize Beyond Multiple Choice, a free virtual event series that explores one overarching question:

"How can we move beyond multiple-choice to better assess the effectiveness of learning, teaching, and training?"

A former classroom educator and Teach for America alumna, Kristine frequently engages in discussions and community organizing around education reform. She is passionate about helping to share ideas surrounding important social issues in ways that are digestible and actionable for the general public. Beyond Multiple Choice seeks to do just that by involving diverse education stakeholders in public discussions on how we can reimagine assessment to transform learning outcomes.

Jump in the Conversation:

• [2:02] - Unpacking accessibility in conferences
• [3:17] - Starting the movement
• [6:50] - More cross-collaboration is needed
• [8:17] - Teachers need the time and support to use the research and tech
• [9:15] - People in ed space know what's best but the problem is more systemic factors, change management, and creating buy-in
• [11:10] - Everyone has a stake in education
• [17:06] - Academics and classroom management is important but there's so much more that goes into cultivating emotional needs of kids
• [19:54] - How do we assess training of teachers
• [27:12] - Upcoming conference
• [30:03] - Turbo Time
• [34:11] - What everyone needs to know about assessment of learning
• [35:32] - How to be an activist
• [37:19] - Kristine's Magic Wand
• [38:54] - Maureen's Takeaways

Links & Resources

• Beyond Multiple Choice Summit - Advancing Public Discourse Around Assessment
• Beyond Multiple Choice
• Teach for America
• We Speak for Ourselves by D. Watkins
• Why I, as a Black Man, Attend KKK Rallies - Daryl Davis TEDx Talk
• Email Maureen

• Maureen's TEDx: Changing My Mind to Change Our Schools

• The Education Evolution
• Facebook: Follow Education Evolution
• Twitter: Follow Education Evolution
• LinkedIn: Follow Education Evolution
• EdActive Collective
• Maureen's book: Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids

• Micro-school feature on Good Morning America
• The Micro-School Coalition
• Facebook: The Micro-School Coalition
• LEADPrep