Craig D. Jerald

Indefatigable optimist. President, Break the Curve.

[Craig D. Jerald @breakthecurve]

@CarmelMMartin Congratulations @CarmelMMartin! Your brilliant brain and incredible work ethic are exactly what we need in this position. Restoring the rungs of mobility of economic mobility is one of the great tasks we face as a nation. And I’m delighted you’ll be leading so much of that work.

[Craig D. Jerald @breakthecurve]

@LBJSchoolDC @CarmelMMartin @LBJSchoolAlumni @TheLBJSchool Fantastic pick for a critical post! So happy to hear this news.

[FutureEd @FutureEdGU]

As schools reopen, educators will need to assess student learning in order to guide instruction, target interventions, and allocate resources. Our latest report offers a detailed timeline of when to test and why. @LynnOlson_edu https://t.co/T4VtMp6EpA

[Thomas Toch @thomas_toch]

@MichaelPetrilli @EducationNext @breakthecurve @jenalexanderct @mssternberg @marcportermagee @LevesquePat @AimeeGuidera @Dyrnwyn @CharlesBarone Teacher unions/ed establishment are accountability-averse, for sure, as the Olson/Jerald report makes clear. But the right fought feds' testing role. And teachers want tests that are more helpful in their classrooms. Here's the orginal analysis:
https://t.co/BIKmAXao5A

[Michael Petrilli @MichaelPetrilli]

Checker Finn in @EducationNext

Shooting the Test-Messenger

Backlash is less about testing than about resisting results-based accountability

https://t.co/lXq65tUDOu @breakthecurve @jenalexanderct @mssternberg @marcportermagee @LevesquePat @AimeeGuidera @Dyrnwyn @CharlesBarone

[Craig D. Jerald @breakthecurve]

Check out this ⁦@EducationNext⁩ excerpt of new ⁦@FutureEdGU⁩ report on the politics of state testing. Honored to have been able to contribute to it and get to work with the great ⁦@LynnOlson_edu⁩ again! https://t.co/98JYBque9j

[Michael Petrilli @MichaelPetrilli]

It is quite a legacy that Mike Cohen, @AchieveInc, and its staff and alumni leave behind. It will be missed. https://t.co/F9hvhSbjGV @LauraMSlover @chad6000 @SandyBoyd4 @edstrategygroup @JohnBKing @JoanneSWeiss @breakthecurve @cgewertz @JulieMikuta

[FutureEd @FutureEdGU]

Turning this around means creating a testing systems that are more valuable to educators & parents and that offer meaningful windows into performance without overwhelming teachers and principals, write @lynnolson_edu & @breakthecurve. @MIASSESSMENT @Prezring @NCTQ @rweingarten

[FutureEd @FutureEdGU]

There were more bills addressing overtesting concerns in 2019 than in 2018, suggesting the sentiment remains strong 5 years after the signing of #ESSA. This is particularly true in Southern states. @Hunt_Institute @StudentSuccess @NWEA @minnichc @gatesfoundation @GreatCitySchls

[FutureEd @FutureEdGU]

#Covid19 may have shut down standardized testing this spring. But a graver threat lies in political pushback: During the past 6 years, 44 legislatures considered 446 measures to address “over-testing,” our new analysis shows. @ESSAAdvance @All4Ed @Dale_Chu https://t.co/x8gjBArpGf

[Craig D. Jerald @breakthecurve]

@MichaelPetrilli @oren_cass @smarick @CarmelMMartin @doughesm @JoshuaPStarr Serendipity: Amazon just delivered his new book. Looking forward to digging into it this month.

[Craig D. Jerald @breakthecurve]

@aoakes4 Well that’s a blast from the past! Thanks

[XQ @XQAmerica]

It’s not enough to transform schools and simply hope that all groups of students will benefit equally...In education, equity never happens automatically. Unless we are careful and deliberate, a rising tide will lift some boats much higher than others. #ReThinkHighSchool #iNACOL18

[Craig D. Jerald @breakthecurve]

@samdzimmerman @shudder OK, thanks for the quick response. Planning to watch it this weekend. Looking forward to it!

[Craig D. Jerald @breakthecurve]

@samdzimmerman @shudder Why isn’t it available if you subscribe to Shudder through Amazon Prime Video?

[Michael Petrilli @MichaelPetrilli]

Tips for Ohio from @XQAmerica on how to reinvent high school https://t.co/dUHciMseiw @CarmelMMartin @breakthecurve @matt_barnum @OhioGadfly @RaeAnnKnopf @knowledgeworks @peggylehner @OHEducationSupt @StateImpactOH

[Craig D. Jerald @breakthecurve]

@NickKristof @datacrat @dynarski @thomasgoldring @sorendrew @James_S_Murphy https://t.co/IHR99mxxgy

[Craig D. Jerald @breakthecurve]

@DanPorterfield @AspenInstitute Great team. Can’t wait to see what you accomplish together!

[Kevin Carey @kevincarey1]

2/ The study examines 11,000 financial aid award letters sent to mostly low-income students in 2016. It found widespread problems -- non-standardized formats, missing and confusing terminology, and calculations that quite frankly appear to be deliberately deceptive.

[Craig D. Jerald @breakthecurve]

Great article about one of the more radical high school re-designs out there: Iowa BIG. Lots of student voices in this one! https://t.co/R8I8VRlJ09