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Keynote Speaker: Thursday, October 14, 2010
"Using Data from Fluency Assessments for
RTI Decisions: Making it Work!”
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 For successful RTI implementations educators must understand WHY fluency assessments are being used, HOW to select the most efficient and effective assessments and finally how to USE the data to make key instructional decisions.
Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D, Researcher/Consultant
Gibson Hasbrouck Associates, Wellesley, MA
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Keynote Speaker: Friday, October 15, 2010
“My Students are Learning to Read But Can’t Write a Sentence to Save their Lives: Findings & Recommendations for
Improving Writing Skills”
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 Students who struggle with writing do so for a number of reasons. This keynote briefly examines the research concerning written expression and outlines recommendations in key areas: the motor component, spelling, sentence construction, paragraph construction, essay writing, and revising/editing.
William Van Cleave, MA, Educational Consultant, V.C. Educational Consulting, Greenville, SC
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