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Bell-Ellwanger: Test Data Are Essential for Figuring Out How to Help Students — But Most States Aren’t Releasing Their Results. That Needs to Change

Bell-Ellwanger: Test Data Are Essential for Figuring Out How to Help Students — But Most States Aren’t Releasing Their Results. That Needs to Change

To say it’s been a challenging year and a half for students and schools is a vast understatement. Leaders and the public need access to all available data to support students as they move through their education and into the workforce, and to direct necessary resources where they are needed most.

In this op-ed for The 74, DQC President and CEO Jenn Bell-Ellwanger discusses the importance of student assessments in light of last year’s learning interruptions. She emphasizes the importance of being transparent with statewide test results to identify inequities and ensure that resources are being directed to the communities that need support.