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Projects
From an equity-centered perspective, our current work focuses on expanding IGDIs by developing new assessment content in Hmong and Spanish, as well as building a new storybook assessment for preschool children with low language and early literacy skills in English and Spanish.
We have three active IES-funded projects:
- CASA: Computer-Adaptive Storybook Assessment
- APEL: Español
- Hmong IGDIs
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CASA: Computer-Adaptive Storybook Assessment
This project will develop a computer-adaptive language and early literacy storybook assessment for preschoolers who have limited language skills, delays or disorders, or are at risk for limited language development in English and Spanish using a highly engaging, game-based application. Using stealth assessment and rigorous psychometrics, we will provide teachers with actionable information for intervention for low-performing, high risk preschoolers who speak English and Spanish.
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APEL Español
The purpose of this project is to expand the suite of psychometrically robust measures for Spanish-speaking dual-language learners by developing and validating new measures for 3-year-olds. We will develop and vertically scale all new measures as well as develop and test a new digital platform to compile the entire suite of IGDI tools and improve the speed and efficiency of future measure development.
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Hmong IGDIs
In partnership with St. Paul Public Schools and others, this project will develop a high quality, technically sound, and innovative preschool early language and screening tool in Hmong: Hmong Individual Growth and Development Indicators (Hmong-IGDIs). H-IGDIs will complement existing tools in English (IGDIs).The development of a Hmong screening measure will allow for seasonal assessment to provide meaningful data regarding intervention candidacy, and in turn, will provide contribute to databased decision making.