Spanish Individual Growth and Development Indicators Project

Spanish IGDI Team

This project, conducted collaboratively by researchers at the University of Minnesota and Utah State University, will develop, evaluate, and test the implementation of a newly designed suite of Spanish Individual Growth and Development Indicators (S-IGDIs). S-IGDIs specifically target assessment of Spanish-speaking preschool children’s early literacy and language skills in Spanish.

This four-year project will be completed in six phases, with an ultimate goal to better understand and prevent low academic achievement in the growing student population of English language learners, which is one the greatest challenges facing educators today.

During the project period, researchers will develop, evaluate, and prepare for dissemination measures that reflect contemporary criteria for assessment of Spanish language and early literacy to complement existing English language and literacy IGDI measures.

Technical reports

Additional resources

  • Duran, L. & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2016, February). Developmental Trajectories of Spanish-English Bilingual Preschoolers: Exploring Ability and Language of Instruction. Paper presented at the Conference for Research Innovations for Early Childhood. San Diego, CA.
  • Wackerle-Hollman, A., Brunner, S.*, Duran, L. & Palma, J.* (2016, February). Advances in Assessment for Preschool-Age Spanish English Bilinguals. Paper presented at the National Association for School Psychologists. New Orleans, LA.
  • Wackerle-Hollman, A. & Duran, L. (2015, December). Establishing comparative score guidelines for supporting high quality English and Spanish early literacy instruction and intervention. Poster presented at the Institute of Education Sciences annual PI meeting. Washington, D.C.
  • Duran, L. & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2015, December). The Development of a Spanish Storybook-based preschool Universal Screening Measure. Paper presented at the conference for the Literacy Research Association. Encinitas, CA.
  • Wackerle-Hollman, A., Palma, J.*, Brunner, S.* & Duran, L. (2015, November). Developmental Trajectories of Spanish-English Bilingual Preschoolers: Exploring Ability and Language of Instruction. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association national conference. Denver, Colorado.- Meritorious Poster Award
  • Duran, L. & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2015, November). The Development of the Spanish Individual Growth and Development Indicators. Paper presented at the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association national conference. Denver, Colorado.
  • Brunner, S.* & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2015, July) Conceptualizations of language and literacy in Spanish-English bilinguals: Using IGDIs to examine growth and status through a comparative score rubric. Paper presented within a symposium: Dual language early language and literacy instruction and curriculum-based measurement at the 22nd Annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Kona, Hawaii.
  • Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2015, July). Understanding level of language exposure through a measurement lens: Spanish Individual Growth and Development Indicators. Paper presented within a symposium: Dual language measurement of the Spanish early language and literacy development of preschoolers: Challenges and innovation at the 22nd Annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Kona, Hawaii.
  • Wackerle-Hollman, A., Duran, L. & Brunner, S. (2015, March). The influence of home language exposure on bilingual preschoolers’ early language and literacy screening performance. Poster to be presented at the Society of Child Development Bi-annual meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
  • Wackerle-Hollman, A., Brunner, S., Duran, L. & Palma, J. (2014, March). Understanding the impact of language acquisition and use on early literacy achievement in an RTI model.Presented at the 2014 University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Research Day.
  • Brunner, S., Palma, J., & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2014, March). Attending to continuums of language exposure when designing Spanish Individual Growth and Development Indicators (S-IGDI). 2014 Educational Psychology Graduate Student Research Day, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Duran, L., Wackerle-Hollman, A., & McConnell, S. (2012, September 19). All new Spanish-IGDIs: Bilingual measurement considerations and S-IGDI development. A joint presentation by the University of Utah and the University of Minnesota. Presented at Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CRtIEC) 4th Annual Summit on RTI in Early Childhood, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.
  • Kohlmeier, T., Callard, C., Duran, L., Brunner, S., & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2014, February). An analysis of Spanish oral language measure responses on the S-IGDIs: Considerations of “Spanglish” as a unique dialect in the U.S. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Conference for Research Innovation in Early Intervention, San Diego CA.
  • Palma, J., Brunner, S., Wackerle-Hollman, A., Kohlmeier, T., Durán, L., & Callard, C. (2014, February). On the dynamic process of test development and methodological challenges of preschool assessment of Spanish-English bilinguals. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Conference for Research Innovation in Early Intervention, San Diego CA.
  • Wackerle-Hollman, A., Brunner, S., Palma, J. & Duran, L. (pending acceptance, 2014, October). Understanding the impact of language acquisition and use on early literacy achievement. Poster to be presented at the 30th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and their Families Division of Early Childhood Council on Exceptional Children, St Louis, MO.
  • Wackerle-Hollman, A., Brunner, S., Palma, J., Duran, L. & Rodriguez, M. (2014, March). Understanding the impact of language acquisition and use on early literacy achievement within a RTI model. College of Education and Human Development Research Day, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Wackerle-Hollman, A., Duran, L., McConnell, S., & Rodriguez, M. (2013, April). Spanish-English bilingual language development and implications for assessment. Poster symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
  • Wackerle-Hollman, A., Duran, L., Pena, E. & LaForett, D. (2014, February). Examining the challenges and current innovations of assessing young Spanish-English-speaking preschoolers. Panel presented at the biannual meeting of the Conference for Research Innovation in Early Intervention, San Diego CA.

Project staff

Funding

Institute of Education Sciences (Goal 5 Project)

Questions?

Contact Alisha Wackerle-Hollman at wacke020@umn.edu.