You might have said this about a young student: They can’t read, but you’re unsure why. Was it the instruction or the program? Were the assessment results not specific enough? Regardless of the cause, the student was falling behind, and solutions seemed limited. Yet, there are effective ways to promote reading growth.
Presented by Alestra Flores Menéndez, Director, Multilingual Initiatives, Amplify; and Gregory Trieste, STEM Product Specialist, Amplify
Presented by Dr. Gabrielle Rodriguez, Superintendent, Central School District #104 (IL); Donna J. Whyte, Education Consultant; Dr. Evelyn Johnson, Vice President of Research, Riverside Insights; and Dr. Lisa Micou, NCSP, Senior Assessment Strategist, Riverside Insights
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered student growth, social development, emotional well-being, future preparedness, and overall behavior. In addition to a slow academic recovery, myriad students are exhibiting behaviors often associated with learning disabilities. The question is whether students’ experiences reflect temporary setbacks or learning needs requiring long-term specialized support.
Educators want assessments to be instructionally useful and provide data they can use to help students learn, but not all assessments do that. So what do instructionally useful assessments look like?
While the required implementation of the Science of Reading (SOR) appears to be a phenomenon that has swept across state legislatures in recent years, the truth is that it has been a “culmination of decades of research into literacy,” according to Dr. Roland Good, a leading literacy expert who is also Co-founder of Acadience Learning and an original author of the DIBELS early literacy assessment.
Presented by Nicole Dimich, Educator, Author, and Associate, Solution Tree; Cassandra Erkens, Education Author and Associate, Solution Tree; and Tom Schimmer, Education Author, Speaker, and Associate, Solution Tree
Presented by Jacqueline Rodriguez, Chief Executive Officer, National Center for Learning Disabilities; Bonnie Contreras, Senior Director Clinical Solution Engineering, Presence; and Robin Lake, Director, Center on Reinventing Public Education
Moderated by Kara Arundel, Senior Reporter, K-12 Dive
Presented by Carla Evans, Ph.D., Senior Associate, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment; and Scott Marion, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment
Presented by Dr. Roland Good, Co-Founder, Acadience Learning; Jason Borges, Executive Director, NYC Public Schools Literacy Collaborative; O’Kiyyah Lyons-Lucas, Principal, Powell Elementary School (DC); Alisa Dorman, President, Acadience Learning; and Jermal Riggins, Literacy Advisor, Wilson Language Training