Charlie DePascale

The SAT: Sometimes It’s Better to be Lucky

The SAT finds itself in the news again due to

A. Unforced errors
B. Unfortunate events
C. Unintended consequences
D. All of the above

Learning Saved. Learning Lost.

I thought that box of old class notes in my basement was a testament to all I had learned. But sifting through it got me thinking about learning loss. Could it be that understanding learning loss is even more complicated than understanding how students learn in the first place?

Looking Back at the Future of Assessment

Describe your vision for the future of assessment. Now try to do it without jargon or buzzwords; with enough detail that someone might be able to implement it, but not so much that it’s obsolete before it happens. A lesson from the past on picturing the future.

25% More

There’s only so many wings you can pile on your plate at the Super Bowl party. There’s only so much trash you can squeeze into each $2 trash bag from the transfer station after the party. There’s only so much you can fit into a school year. We need to make choices.

Call Off the Recovery Effort

When the results of NAEP testing underway now are released next year, at least as important as actual student performance will be the way that those results are framed. My initial plea for something other than the recovery of learning lost to the pandemic.