5 Simple Steps for Progress Monitoring in Early Childhood Programs

  In previous posts, I discussed what progress monitoring is and how we know it works. I’d like to dive a little deeper to give you 5 easy steps for monitoring child progress in your education program.   1. Identify Goals for Learning In order to know if you’ve achieved success, you must...

How Do We Know Progress Monitoring Works?

Research has demonstrated that when teachers engage in the progress monitoring of their students, the children learn more, the decision making of the teacher improves, and children become more aware and reflective of their own performance. A large body of research carried out over the past three decades...

The ABC’s of Early Childhood Education

NAEYC (The National Association for the Education of Young Children) hosts their annual “Week of the Young Child” event to raise awareness about early childhood education. This year’s theme is “Healthy Minds! Healthy Children.” Rasmussen College put together the following infographic about child...

What is Progress Monitoring?

Progress monitoring is vital to effective early learning instruction and the key to improving child outcomes. Monitoring a child’s progress is a scientifically-based practice for assessing their performance and evaluating the effectiveness of instruction. It’s cyclical, targeted, standardized and...

Digital Decisions: Choosing the Right Technology Tools for Early Childhood Education

As a preview to our upcoming Hatch Super-Power Webinar, Fran Simon & Karen Nemeth offer a conversation about the purpose of their presentation and what you can expect to take away from their shared experience.

Education Research Library Includes Study of Hatch Educational Technology

I’m proud to announce that the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), the world's largest digital resource for education research and information, has included the study, “Exploring the Contribution of a Content-Infused Interactive Whiteboard for School Readiness,” in their library.

Love at First Sight!

We all know it is sometimes challenging to find great writing or letter formation materials. I am not a huge fan of letter formation practice because it is hard to find engaging and interactive ways to incorporate it into the classroom – but, Writing Made Simple product does it! Writing Made Simple...

Q&A from Webinar: Research-Based Claims – Can You Trust What Businesses Say?

Kyle Snow Director of the Center for Applied Research, NAEYC Top Questions from the 10/6/11 Webinar  | View Recording   The terms “validity” and “reliability” are both used in research done on assessment tools. What’s the difference and which is more important? Both are important...

Visit U.S. Dept. of Ed’s Dashboard for Early Childhood Information

U.S Dept. of Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, announced a tool to assist educators, parents, students and policy makers about what is working and not working in education in our country.The new Education Dashboard is a site that offers by state pre-kindergarten-12th grade data for 16 key indicators. ...

Pre-K Alignment with K-12 Common Standards Update

Last week, I shared with you the news concerning the U.S. Department of Ed.’s release of the K-12 Common Standards for Reading and Math. These standards are to play a major role in Obama’s administration for education reform. The Department of Education has already tied federal money to states...