Three quarters of the PISA test is open ended constructed response questions. Only 25 percent
multiple choice. And it really is a test of your ability to apply what you've learned
not merely regurgitate what you've learned. Those point in the direction of the kinds
of assessments we need. The only way we're gonna be able to afford them is to stop this
crazy notion of testing every single kid, every single year, grades three through eight
and then grades ten. We can accomplish the same level of accountability by testing a
demographically representative percentage of kids every second year or even every third
year and let districts develop local assessments that are aligned with these better assessments.
So for the same money we can get dramatically better results. and we need an informed constituency
of concerned citizens and parents to advocate for accountability two dot oh. Along with
educators and business leader. Unless and until we have that advocacy, test the skills
that matter most. That's the bump, bumper sticker. Right? Unless and until we have that
advocacy, Arne Duncan and his successors are not gonna change at all. 'Cause they've invested
too much time and energy into accountability one dot oh, which is failing us totally.
>>Male #1: Hi, are you familiar? Right here.
>>Tony Wagner: Ah.
>>Male #1: Are you familiar with the Waldorf system. And if yes, what do you think about
it?
>>Tony Wagner: I don't know it well. But what I've read sounds absolutely intriguing. The
whole idea is a school that is really an attempt to create a curriculum around what we know
about childhood and adolescent development. I think it's' very intriguing.
Uh, what I know better is Montessori. And it's fascinating when I did research for this
new book I discovered things you may already know. But a huge number of the most successful
innovators and entrepreneurs in this area went to Montessori schools. Including the
co-founders of Google.
Yes. We got a guy here who doesn't have a mic.
>>Female Presenter: [inaudible]
>>Tony Wagner: Alright. Where's the mic?
>>Female Presenter: [inaudible]
>>Male #2: Hi. So I have one thing that frustrates me is people's lack of ability to take risk,
'cause I think especially in older age. Because I think most young people do have the idea
and the ability. But they're held back by the money and the prestige and the security.
>>Tony Wagner: Right.
>>Male #2: And I think to me, a lot of that is due to the lack of choices for students.
Especially in their younger age. And also I think societal, like, societal pressure
to sort of follow one straight path. Do you kind of come across anything, any innovative
approaches that can kind of bypass that and just, give students more freedom? Or just
kind of preventing people from getting a degree in philosophy and then go into banking and
consulting afterwards?
>>Tony Wagner: Right. You know, it's, again it comes back to parents and teachers and
what messages they give kids. Right? So if you give the message "Look, pursue your passions.
No matter where they lead you."
I'll give another example. Another student. Young innovator whom I profiled. Passionate
about art from the age of seven. It's all she wanted to do was art. Now her parents
were in the medical field. What do they know? They couldn't draw stick figures. Let aloneóso
what do you say to a child who wants to do art? Right? That's all she cares about. Well,
what they thought is "Oh, God she'll never get a job." But they never said that. What
they did instead was turn a spare bedroom into an artist's studio for her. So I won't
tell you the whole long story, but the version is, she graduates from high school with a
wonderful portfolio of her artwork. Doesn't get into the school of her choice. Goes to
Carnegie Mellon, takes Randy Pausch's course on entertainment design. Catches on fire.
Three quarters of the PISA test is open ended constructed response questions. Only 25 percent
multiple choice. And it really is a test of your ability to apply what you've learned
not merely regurgitate what you've learned. Those point in the direction of the kinds
of assessments we need. The only way we're gonna be able to afford them is to stop this
crazy notion of testing every single kid, every single year, grades three through eight
and then grades ten. We can accomplish the same level of accountability by testing a
demographically representative percentage of kids every second year or even every third
year and let districts develop local assessments that are aligned with these better assessments.
So for the same money we can get dramatically better results. and we need an informed constituency
of concerned citizens and parents to advocate for accountability two dot oh. Along with
educators and business leader. Unless and until we have that advocacy, test the skills
that matter most. That's the bump, bumper sticker. Right? Unless and until we have that
advocacy, Arne Duncan and his successors are not gonna change at all. 'Cause they've invested
too much time and energy into accountability one dot oh, which is failing us totally.
>>Male #1: Hi, are you familiar? Right here.
>>Tony Wagner: Ah.
>>Male #1: Are you familiar with the Waldorf system. And if yes, what do you think about
it?
>>Tony Wagner: I don't know it well. But what I've read sounds absolutely intriguing. The
whole idea is a school that is really an attempt to create a curriculum around what we know
about childhood and adolescent development. I think it's' very intriguing.
Uh, what I know better is Montessori. And it's fascinating when I did research for this
new book I discovered things you may already know. But a huge number of the most successful
innovators and entrepreneurs in this area went to Montessori schools. Including the
co-founders of Google.
Yes. We got a guy here who doesn't have a mic.
>>Female Presenter: [inaudible]
>>Tony Wagner: Alright. Where's the mic?
>>Female Presenter: [inaudible]
>>Male #2: Hi. So I have one thing that frustrates me is people's lack of ability to take risk,
'cause I think especially in older age. Because I think most young people do have the idea
and the ability. But they're held back by the money and the prestige and the security.
>>Tony Wagner: Right.
>>Male #2: And I think to me, a lot of that is due to the lack of choices for students.
Especially in their younger age. And also I think societal, like, societal pressure
to sort of follow one straight path. Do you kind of come across anything, any innovative
approaches that can kind of bypass that and just, give students more freedom? Or just
kind of preventing people from getting a degree in philosophy and then go into banking and
consulting afterwards?
>>Tony Wagner: Right. You know, it's, again it comes back to parents and teachers and
what messages they give kids. Right? So if you give the message "Look, pursue your passions.
No matter where they lead you."
I'll give another example. Another student. Young innovator whom I profiled. Passionate
about art from the age of seven. It's all she wanted to do was art. Now her parents
were in the medical field. What do they know? They couldn't draw stick figures. Let aloneóso
what do you say to a child who wants to do art? Right? That's all she cares about. Well,
what they thought is "Oh, God she'll never get a job." But they never said that. What
they did instead was turn a spare bedroom into an artist's studio for her. So I won't
tell you the whole long story, but the version is, she graduates from high school with a
wonderful portfolio of her artwork. Doesn't get into the school of her choice. Goes to
Carnegie Mellon, takes Randy Pausch's course on entertainment design. Catches on fire.
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