Amit Sevak's guest appearances

Amit Sevak

Getting Smart Podcast

No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age

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Tim Knowles

Are you interested in attending one of the field’s largest gatherings of K-12 education innovators? The Aurora Institute Symposium 2023 promises community, lessons about education innovation from the field, and the latest research and policy to support education transformation. Find out more here.  On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Nate McClennen is joined by Amit Sevak, the CEO of ETS, the largest private educational assessment organization in the world and Tim Knowles, the 10th president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Both Amit and Tim are long-term education leaders and entrepreneurs who have focused their careers on creating better opportunities for more people through education.  Together, they have formed a new partnership to rethink assessment and measurement.  Links:   ETS   ETS Team Page   Carnegie Foundation    Timothy Knowles    Press Release about Partnership   Mastery Transcript Consortium  

Are you interested in attending one of the field’s largest gatherings of K-12 education innovators? The Aurora Institute Symposium 2023 promises community, lessons about education innovation from the field, and the latest research and policy to support education transformation. Find out more <a href="https://aurora-institute.org/symposium2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here. </a> On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Nate McClennen is joined by Amit Sevak, the CEO of ETS, the largest private educational assessment organization in the world and Tim Knowles, the 10th president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Both Amit and Tim are long-term education leaders and entrepreneurs who have focused their careers on creating better opportunities for more people through education.  Together, they have formed a new partnership to rethink assessment and measurement.  Links: <ul> <li> <a href="https://ets.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ETS</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.ets.org/about/who/leadership.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ETS Team Page</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.carnegiefoundation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carnegie Foundation</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.carnegiefoundation.org/about-us/board-of-trustees/timothy-knowles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Timothy Knowles</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.carnegiefoundation.org/newsroom/news-releases/carnegie-foundation-ets-partner-to-transform-the-educational-pillars-they-built-the-carnegie-unit-and-standardized-tests/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Press Release about Partnership</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://mastery.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mastery Transcript Consortium</a> </li> </ul>

Tim Knowles and Amit Sevak on What To Do with the Carnegie Unit

As President and CEO of ETS, Amit Sevak leads the largest private educational assessment organization in the world, delivering products and services across 200 countries, serving tens of millions of people each year. Sevak has been a driving force in education, learning and workforce development around the globe. He has led the University of Europe in Madrid in Spain, INTI International University in Malaysia and Universidad Tecnológica de México (UNITEC) in Mexico.  His transformational style of leadership consistently led to innovation, better learning and improved job prospects for hundreds of thousands of students and workers. Sevak has long been a coach for edtech CEOs. He has served on numerous nonprofit boards, including Cambiar Education, CitiBridge and Education Design Lab. In 2017, he founded Mindset Global, an education investment firm. His early career included roles as a researcher, professor and advisor. Sevak graduated with a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Chicago and earned his master’s in business administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School. He is a regular speaker on the future of education and work, educational measurement and civic engagement. He is married with three kids and splits his time between Princeton, New Jersey and the Washington, D.C. area. As the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization, ETS builds assessments based on rigorous research and an uncompromising commitment to quality. Each year, the organization develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests in more than 180 countries at more than 9,000 locations. With a mission to advance quality and equity in education, ETS delivers groundbreaking research and learning solutions to help students, educators, schools, businesses and governments on their journey to what’s possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As President and CEO of <a href="https://www.ets.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ETS</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitsevak/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Amit Sevak</a> leads the largest private educational assessment organization in the world, delivering products and services across 200 countries, serving tens of millions of people each year. Sevak has been a driving force in education, learning and workforce development around the globe. He has led the University of Europe in Madrid in Spain, INTI International University in Malaysia and Universidad Tecnológica de México (UNITEC) in Mexico.  His transformational style of leadership consistently led to innovation, better learning and improved job prospects for hundreds of thousands of students and workers. Sevak has long been a coach for edtech CEOs. He has served on numerous nonprofit boards, including Cambiar Education, CitiBridge and Education Design Lab. In 2017, he founded Mindset Global, an education investment firm. His early career included roles as a researcher, professor and advisor. Sevak graduated with a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Chicago and earned his master’s in business administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School. He is a regular speaker on the future of education and work, educational measurement and civic engagement. He is married with three kids and splits his time between Princeton, New Jersey and the Washington, D.C. area. As the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization, ETS builds assessments based on rigorous research and an uncompromising commitment to quality. Each year, the organization develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests in more than 180 countries at more than 9,000 locations. With a mission to advance quality and equity in education, ETS delivers groundbreaking research and learning solutions to help students, educators, schools, businesses and governments on their journey to what’s possible. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.