Province-wide testing has been a prime mandate of the Ministry of Education for 12 years. What has been its effect on the education system? Is it a driving force or is it monitoring the system?

Moderator, Cheryl Jackson, Host of “Your Voice”, TVO posed the above questions to these panelists:

• Joel Westheimer, University of Ottawa, Professor of Education, co founder of Democratic Dialogue
• Marguerite Jackson, CEO, Education Quality and Accountability Office
• David Johnson, CD Howe, University of Wilfred Laurier
• Kathleen Devlin, Director, Policy and Public Affairs, Ontario Teachers’
Federation

Audio from each speaker is now posted as a podcast!
→ Click here and choose from "Conference Podcasts" list.

Thank you to the host and all the panelists for this lively discussion of their points of view.

Above, watch these panelists debate their points of view on in a recorded episode of TVO's Your Voice. (filmed at our conference Nov. 7)

→ Click here to view panel discussion at our conference- Standardized Testing: The Pros and the Cons

→ Click here to watch the panelists answer questions from the audience.