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Podcast: Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
Episode: Don't Shoot The Messenger: What Testing Tells Us
Description: Very few people truly love academic standardized testing, but animosity over assessments seems to increase in intensity every year. But are the exams themselves the problem or what their scores reveal? Amy and Mike invited education writer Natalie Wexler to explain why we should listen to what testing tells us. What are five things you will learn in this episode? Do college admissions tests merely reflect cultural or racial bias? Do wealthier families have an unfair advantage because they can afford expensive test prep? How does the elementary school curriculum relate to the inequities we see i...