Elissa Nadworny's guest appearances

Elissa Nadworny

Sound School Podcast

Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Talent

Natalie Schwartz

Elaine Allensworth

Johnathan Williams

David Rattray

Jesse O’Connell

Charletta Thomas

Charla Long

Zainab Okolo

Harrison Keller

Cathy Longstreet

Carrie Wofford

Eddie R. Cole

Amanda DeLaRosa

Danielle Douglas-Gabrielle

OwlTail

This is the first episode of the Sound School Podcast (formerly HowSound). It's still from PRX and Transom. Rob's still the host. And the show is still committed to digging deep on the backstory to great audio storytelling. Our first episode features NPR's education reporter Elissa Nadworny dissecting how she kept everything straight -- all the files, the notes, the story -- while reporting a two-part series about education in prison. Her insight is super helpful regardless of topic and length of time reporting.

This is the first episode of the Sound School Podcast (formerly HowSound). It's still from PRX and Transom. Rob's still the host. And the show is still committed to digging deep on the backstory to great audio storytelling. Our first episode features NPR's education reporter Elissa Nadworny dissecting how she kept everything straight -- all the files, the notes, the story -- while reporting a two-part series about education in prison. Her insight is super helpful regardless of topic and length of time reporting.

Two Years of Reporting Whittled Down to Fourteen Minutes – Elissa Nadworny

For over half a century, the SAT has been used by colleges and universities in admissions decisions. A  lawsuit filed in December 2019 against the University of California system challenges this long held practice, calling the use of SAT scores in admission decisions illegal, discriminatory, and unconstitutional. On today’s show, we are joined by Elissa Nadworny, reporter and editor for NPR’s Education team who has been  following the lawsuit. We are also joined by  Dr. Elaine Allensworth from the UChicago Consortium on School Research, who recently wrote a paper showing a student’s grades are four times more predictive of college success than standardized exam scores. 

For over half a century, the SAT has been used by colleges and universities in admissions decisions. A <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/us/sat-act-uc-lawsuit.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> lawsuit</a> filed in December 2019 against the University of California system challenges this long held practice, calling the use of SAT scores in admission decisions illegal, discriminatory, and unconstitutional. On today’s show, we are joined by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/378865949/elissa-nadworny" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elissa Nadworny</a>, reporter and editor for NPR’s Education team who has been <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/12/10/786609782/lawsuit-challenges-university-of-california-systems-use-of-sat-act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> following the lawsuit</a>. We are also joined by <a href="https://consortium.uchicago.edu/about/staff/elaine-allensworth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Dr. Elaine Allensworth</a> from the UChicago Consortium on School Research, who recently wrote a <a href="https://consortium.uchicago.edu/node/3055" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paper</a> showing a student’s grades are four times more predictive of college success than standardized exam scores.

U of California sued over SAT use in admissions. Does the SAT predict college success? A conversation with Elissa Nadworny of NPR and Elaine Allensworth of UChicago Consortium