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Creatable Future with Rydr Tracy

Innovative Assessment with ACER

Season 2, Ep. 6

In this episode, Rydr is joined by the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Assessment at the Australian Council for Education Research, Dr Catherine McClellan. They chat about the problem with "teaching to the test", why teachers are strained by formalised testing and how assessment can help innovate education to become more individualised.

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