{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgetwise.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fs104-testing-is-never-the-most-important-thing-jjZqPjt2","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 04 - Test scores are never the most important thing.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/61e8b829-390f-49f7-8b87-c72d0bd2fee4/e8d6b6e0-9765-4c43-af42-2a800b5754bd/screenshot-202025-11-21-20at-205-42-41-20pm.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/a43b6901-52c6-4922-af11-cda2b28d8abb\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 04 - Test scores are never the most important thing.\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This week's fundamental truth: Test scores are never the most important thing. Our guest is Paul Kanarek. Paul is a co-founder of The Princeton Review, where he spent 30+ years as Senior Vice President before leaving to become a managing partner at Collegewise. In that time he’s developed some “strong” opinions on just about everything related to college admissions, notably a deep skepticism of entire American testing industry. The irony is not lost on him."}