{"id":120091,"date":"2025-05-16T16:19:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T21:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/?p=120091"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:07:45","slug":"ed-tech-hour-episode-40-dr-leslie-rutkowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/ed-tech-hour\/ed-tech-hour-episode-40-dr-leslie-rutkowski\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Tech Hour Episode 40: Dr. Leslie Rutkowski"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"clearfix\"><p><iframe style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5WoKcC0ZHJG9J4jySEV297?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Leslie Rutkowski, Ph.D., is a statistician with a doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Illinois. She has worked all over the world and has a background in quantitative research technology as well as extensive expertise in the field of international assessment of academic performance.<\/p>\n<p>One of Dr. Rutowski\u2019s areas of focus is understanding why students from some countries perform better on standardized math and reading comprehension testing than students from other countries. She is also committed to countering arguments based on test results that suggest populations that perform poorly are less intelligent. 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