What Happened to Using Data to Inform Instruction and Intervention in Grades K–2?
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Join us for this informative and applicable presentation during which our presenter, renown researcher and literacy expert Dr. Barbara Foorman, will share the facts, research, and strategies surrounding using data to inform classroom instruction and guide intervention. As Dr. Foorman explains the use of data to identify strengths and weaknesses in students as they learn to read, she will share the critical nature of informed approaches that help educators truly change student outcomes.
Attendees will learn:
- What language and reading constructs predict reading success and how they can be measured reliably.
- The definitions of certain assessment terms (sensitivity/specificity; positive/negative; predictive/predictive power) and how they relate to diagnostic utility.
- The most-asked questions educators ask about assessment systems.
- The challenges of assessment—and possible solutions.
- How data from formative assessment can inform evidence-based literacy practices to differentiate instruction in the classroom and in intervention.
- Why intervention is necessary beyond additional core curriculum.
Presenter
Dr. Barbara Foorman is an internationally known expert in reading, with more than 160 publications stemming from many multisite federal research grants and contracts. Dr. Foorman’s research focuses on reading and language development, instruction, and assessment. She is emeritus professor of education, director emeritus of the Florida Center for Reading Research, and past director of the Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast at Florida State University. Dr. Foorman was the first commissioner of the National Center for Education Research at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). She serves on several editorial boards and has served on national consensus panels in reading and chaired the IES Practice Guide panel on Foundational Reading Skills in Support of Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade. She also developed literacy assessments for Texas and Florida and developed curricula in spelling, phonemic awareness, and vocabulary.
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