News

July, 2011

BRT received a federal grant from the a National Research and Development Center on Assessment and Accountability for Special Education (http://www.ncaase.com) to develop and test various approaches for measuring the achievement growth of students with and without disabilities. Visit www.brtprojects.org/about/news/14 for more information.

Events

Response to Intervention Summit - Westminster, CO
In order to meet academic achievement goals for students in the states of Colorado and Wyoming, effective educational strategies must be implemented to respond to intervention and instructional needs of all students.

Join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Riverside and Dr. John McCook, President of McCook and Associates, and Dr. Julie Alonzo of the University of Oregon, for a Response to Intervention Summit.

Participants will gain specific insight into strategies and programs that directly and immediately impact Response to Intervention in their districts.

  • April 3, 2012
        Session 1: 7:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
        Session 2: 12:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.

RSVP Space is limited, so please respond by 3/29/2012
phone: 630.467.6084 or email: jeffrey.federman@hmhpub.com


American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2012 Annual Meeting-Vancouver. British Columbia, Canada

  • April 13, 2012

Accepted papers:

Distractor analysis: What can we learn from it?
Park, B. J., Sáez, L., Alonzo, J., & Tindal, G.

Growth estimation of oral reading fluency using growth mixture modeling.
Park, B. J., Pinkney, C., Alonzo, J., & Tindal, G.

Reading comprehension test item difficulty and complexity
Sáez, L., Patarapichayatham, C., Basaraba, D., Tindal, G., & Park, B. J.

Examining a formative assessment risk classification system using latent class growth. Roundtable session with Cheng-Fei, L.


National Conference on Student Assessment (NCSA)-Minneapolis, MN.
A Summary of Critical Issues in Growth Models for General and Special Education Students. Symposium with Nese, J., Elliott, S., Stevens, J., Schulte, A., & Anderson, D.

  • June 26, 2012

If you have any questions about an upcoming conference please contact Michael Obermeier at michael.obermeier@hmhpub.com