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Upcoming Webinar on Using Data on Children’s Progress to Inform Teaching

This post originally appeared on Early Ed Watch.

Anyone who has grappled with questions of what to do with data from child assessments  whether based on observations of children’s development over months or simple snapshots of early literacy learning  will want to tune in to the next webinar coming from the PreK-3rd Grade National Work Group. On December 5, the work group is hosting its sixth webinar in a seven-part series on reducing achievement gaps through comprehensive reforms that reach up through the early grades of elementary school.

The webinar has a bang-up panel. As always, the New America Foundation, through Lisa Guernsey (@LisaGuernsey) or Laura Bornfreund (@LBornfreund), will live-tweet the event. You can register here or go to the PreK-3rd Grade National Work Group page for more information.

Using Data to Inform and Improve Instruction: Child Assessment

  • Thomas Schultz, Program Director, Council of Chief State School Officers
  • Martha Zaslow, Director, Office of Policy and Communications, Society for Research in Child Development
  • Cindy Bagwell, Administrator for the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge grant, Office of Early Learning (Pre-K – Grade 3), NC State Board of Education/Department of Public Instruction
  • Carla Bryant, Chief, Early Education Department, San Francisco Unified School District
  • Ellen Frede, Senior Vice President of Early Learning, Research and Training, Acelero Learning

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Upcoming Webinar on Using Data on Children’s Progress to Inform Teaching