SXSW EDU 2025

Great Expectations: Why High Standards Are Key to Success

Description:

We have a crisis of low expectations. Too many leaders and community members assume students are too far behind to catch up to pre-pandemic levels. Yet other state and city leaders have realized what’s needed is keeping the bar high and showing how targeted efforts, smart use of data, and high standards are making a difference and will be instrumental to future success. Hear how their approach and progress, and the leadership needed to do what’s hard, is raising the bar and putting our children on the path of academic recovery.


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Takeaways

  1. Policymakers and educators will learn useful strategies they can bring to their states or districts, that can inform effective policies and practices.
  2. Attendees gain insight to push for re-evaluation of testing standards that set high but reasonable goals that better measure skills and progress.
  3. Best practices learned can be incorporated in diverse communities nationwide which encourage community partnerships to bets help students.

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Organizer

Stephaan Harris, Assistant Director for Communications, National Assessment Governing Board


Meta Information:

  • Tags: data, standards & assessment
  • Event: EDU
  • Format: Panel
  • Track: Policy & Advocacy
  • Session Focus Area K-12 Education
  • Level: Basic Understanding


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