Anna Johnson is a professor and researcher at Georgetown University who has been studying education in Tulsa since 2016. She talks with Ginnie Graham about comparing third grade Oklahoma State Testing Program (OSTP) scores — the state’s standardized test — to researcher-administered developmental tests of children’s academic skills. Why might these tests not tell the full story of student skills? Would scaling back testing frequency help?

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Anna Johnson is a professor and researcher at Georgetown University who has been studying education in Tulsa since 2016. She talks with Ginnie Graham about comparing third grade Oklahoma State Testing Program (OSTP) scores — the state’s standardized test — to researcher-administered developmental tests of children’s academic skills. Why might these tests not tell the full story of student skills? Would scaling back testing frequency help?
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Tulsa World Editorials editor Ginnie Graham talks with newsmakers and op-ed contributors about the biggest issues in Tulsa and Oklahoma.

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Tulsa World Editorials editor Ginnie Graham talks with newsmakers and op-ed contributors about the biggest issues in Tulsa and Oklahoma.
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Tulsa World Editorials editor Ginnie Graham talks with newsmakers and op-ed contributors about the biggest issues in Tulsa and Oklahoma.

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Tulsa World Editorials editor <a href="https://twitter.com/GinnieGraham">Ginnie Graham</a> talks with newsmakers and op-ed contributors about the biggest issues in Tulsa and Oklahoma.
Follow Ginnie on Twitter: @GinnieGraham

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