SXSW EDU 2019

How College Admissions is Poisoning K-12 Education

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Our college admissions infrastructure, which hinges on a century-old paradigm for assessment, forces K-12 schools to focus on knowledge that hasn’t kept pace with the world of work. Rebecca Kantar is a Harvard dropout and entrepreneur building tests that evaluate how people think, not just what they know. She’ll explain why simulation-based assessments will replace tests like the SAT and AP exams, transform how schools teach - and unlock social and economic mobility for a generation of learners.


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Takeaways

  1. Unearth the fundamental flaws in our paradigm for assessment that have led to persistent inequities in American education.
  2. Learn how simulation-based assessments can replace the rote learning that drives most modern-day assessments.
  3. Discuss how new approaches to assessment will shape the way we learn, work, and live.

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Ben Watsky, Chief of Staff, Whiteboard Advisors


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