#822: Checker Finn: Why we need—and need to improve—NAEP - 6/1/22

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Checker Finn, the Fordham Institute’s president emeritus and a distinguished senior fellow, discusses recommendations for the National Assessment of Educational Progress from his new book, <em>Assessing the Nation’s Report Card</em>. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber Northern reviews a study on how a performance-based teacher pay policy in the U.K. impacted personnel decisions and student outcomes.</p><p><b>Recommended content:</b></p><ul><li>Checker’s new book, <a href='https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/research/assessing-nations-report-card-challenges-and-choices-naep'><em>Assessing the Nation’s Report Card: Challenges and Choices for NAEP</em></a>.</li><li>The study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: Simon Burgess, Ellen Greaves, and Richard Murphy, “<a href='https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775722000309'>Deregulating Teacher Labor Markets</a>,” <em>Economics of Education Review </em>(March 2022).</li></ul><p><b>Feedback welcome!</b></p><p>Have ideas or feedback on our podcast? Send them to our podcast producer Pedro Enamorado at <a href='mailto:penamorado@fordhaminstitute.org'>penamorado@fordhaminstitute.org</a>.</p>