Reimagining college admissions: Performance assessment pilot at CUNY

June 24, 2020 00:45:00
Reimagining college admissions: Performance assessment pilot at CUNY
Ethical Schools
Reimagining college admissions: Performance assessment pilot at CUNY

Jun 24 2020 | 00:45:00

/

Show Notes

Dr. Michelle Fine speaks about better alternatives to standardized tests for students to demonstrate college-readiness. NYC’s Consortium Schools, which use Performance Based Assessment Tasks, collaborated with CUNY to open CUNY’s 4-year colleges to more low-income Black and Latinx applicants.  Students, especially Black males, did better at college than test score-admitted peers. Dr. Fine calls for democratic school cultures based on student initiated work and collaborative revision.

References

Overview

00:00-00:37 Intros

00:37-02:18 Connections between school inequities and Movement for Black Lives

02:18-04:02 Privilege of White supremacy

04:02-14:28 CUNY admissions policies; description of Consortium schools; CUNY/Consortium pilot

14:28-20:42 Comparison of Performance Based Assessment Tasks and standardized tests; Consortium culture based on PBAT

20:42-25:26 Impact on CUNY of change in admissions policies

25:26-30:41 Importance of learning to revise

30:41-32:04 “Doors” to higher ed; PBAT as a “door.”

32:04-33:35 Why opening access to 4-year CUNY schools is so important

33:35-36:34 Varieties of strategies to replace high-stakes tests

36:34-43:31 What’s next

43:31-45:00 Outro

Transcription

Click here to see the full transcription of this episode. 

Credits

Photo: facebook.com/urbanacademy

Soundtrack by Podington Bear

Other Episodes

Episode 0

June 10, 2020 00:46:50
Episode Cover

Crises and opportunity: A holistic approach to supporting and empowering youth

In light of the pandemic, which has disproportionately impacted BIPOC, and BLM uprisings, we’re revisiting Jon’s interview with Jason Warwin of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol....

Listen

Episode 0

October 22, 2020 00:49:12
Episode Cover

Students leading change: Inclusiveness at an elite school

Stacey Cervellino Thorp and Naima Moffett-Warden teach drama at Manhattan’s famed LaGuardia High School, and Abigail Rivera is a senior in the drama studio....

Listen

Episode 0

September 12, 2024 01:00:32
Episode Cover

Equity by design: residency-focused teacher education

We speak with Dr. Diana Turk, Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning and Director of Teacher Education at NYU. Students in NYU’s...

Listen