1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Traditional standardized assessments are easy to use because they expect every student to take the exact same test. It’s easy to grade and inexpensive to administer. But these kinds of tests don’t work. They expect mastery at a granular level and don’t account for students who are well above or below the bell curve. &amp;nbsp; Technology now allows us to administer adaptive assessments, where students are taken on a journey and the test is customized to find out where they excel and where they might need more help. &amp;nbsp; One person leading this charge with adaptive assessments is Nathan Thompson of Assessment Systems. In this week’s episode, Nathan shares more about the importance of adaptive technology, how we can do better as educators, and other use cases for this technology. About Nathan Thompson: Nathan Thompson is CEO and Co-Founder of Assessment Systems, a company driven to improve assessment by making modern psychometrics accessible to more organizations, from adaptive testing to item response theory to automated essay scoring.&amp;nbsp; Nate earned his PhD in Psychometrics from the University of Minnesota, with a focus on AI algorithms in adaptive testing.&amp;nbsp; Jump in the Conversation: [1:42] - Where Nathan’s story of impacting education began [3:11] - What is computerized adaptive technology [5:20] - Adaptive technology is beneficial for making assessment the right size for every learners [6:14] - Where we are as a country in adaptive technology [8:07] - Lots of room for improvement on state assessments [9:09] - How to make adaptive tests more realistic for teachers [10:18] - Difference between formative and summative assessments [11:24] - How to do better as adults [13:31] - How it works in the real world [14:20] - How to get started in creating better assessments [16:00] - Assessments can help people evaluate where they should go in their careers Instead of expecting [18:23] - Creating stackable credentials [21:28] - What’s next for this mission [22:42] - How educators can use smarter and more accurate assessment tools [24:48] - What about for educators that struggle with statistics and numbers [26:56] - Turbo Time [28:06] - What people need to know about computerized adaptive testing [29:40] - What Nathan brings to assessment work [32:07] - Nathan’s Magic Wand [33:32] - Maureen’s Takeaways Links &amp; Resources Assessment Systems Connect with Nathan on LinkedIn Follow Nathan on Twitter Agilities Email Maureen Maureen’s TEDx: Changing My Mind to Change Our Schools The Education Evolution Facebook: Follow Education Evolution Twitter: Follow Education Evolution LinkedIn: Follow Education Evolution EdActive Collective Maureen’s book: Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids Micro-school feature on Good Morning America The Micro-School Coalition Facebook: The Micro-School Coalition LEADPrep &amp;nbsp; Education Evolution https://educationevolution.org <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/26287110/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/148518315