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What The Pandemic Taught A Chicago Principal About Standardized Testing

NPR
Published May 14, 2021 at 12:20 PM CDT
A sign is seen at the entrance to a hall for a college test preparation class. (Alex Brandon/AP)
A sign is seen at the entrance to a hall for a college test preparation class. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with Chicago elementary school principal Seth Lavin, whose article in Chalkbeat Chicago argues that test scores are not a good measure of what makes a successful school.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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