David P. Driscoll, responds to: ‘Is it time to reconsider the Education Reform Act?’

David P. Driscoll, former Education Commissioner, responds to: ‘Is it time to reconsider the Education Reform Act?’

JULY 2023 PODCAST -- This month’s podcast features David P. Driscoll, who served as the 22nd commissioner of education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1998 to 2007. In his 49-year career in public education, Dr. Driscoll was a math teacher, an assistant superintendent, a superintendent, deputy commissioner, interim commissioner, and the state commissioner who inaugurated standards-based education in Massachusetts under the Education Reform law. Currently, he serves on a number of boards, including as chair of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute Board and the National Assessment Governing Board.

PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

• Has the Education Reform Act of 1993 fulfilled its promise? [00:03:50]
• The MCAS is a standards-based test, [but] teachers are still not consistently applying, sound pedagogical ways of getting the kids to the standards, part of which is to get kids engaged, get kids motivated, et cetera. [00:17:46]
• Kids go through as part of a [grade] group, say the 8th grade, but we need to address their individual needs in addition to regular schooling and the school experience, we need an individual approach, almost like the medical profession. [00:29:26]

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