The Education Gadfly Show

#822: Checker Finn: Why we need—and need to improve—NAEP - 6/1/22


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On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Checker Finn, the Fordham Institute’s president emeritus and a distinguished senior fellow, discusses recommendations for the National Assessment of Educational Progress from his new book, Assessing the Nation’s Report Card. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber Northern reviews a study on how a performance-based teacher pay policy in the U.K. impacted personnel decisions and student outcomes.

Recommended content:

  • Checker’s new book, Assessing the Nation’s Report Card: Challenges and Choices for NAEP.
  • The study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: Simon Burgess, Ellen Greaves, and Richard Murphy, “Deregulating Teacher Labor Markets,” Economics of Education Review (March 2022).

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