Kristen McMaster, professor in the Department of Educational Psychology’s special education program, will speak about effective implementation of progress monitoring at the University of Calgary on Oct. 15.
“Progress monitoring is a process of collecting data to gauge a student’s current level of performance and progress toward reaching important educational outcomes.” McMaster explained in an article by the University of Calgary, “Its purpose is to evaluate the effects of an instructional program, and to adjust that program when student data indicate this need.”
Dr. McMaster is program coordinator for the special education program in the Department of Educational Psychology and director of the Reading Comprehension Lab and Data-based Instruction in Early Writing: Tools, Learning, and Collaborative Support and co-director of the Research Institute for Problem Solving. Her research interests in special education involve creating conditions for successful response to intervention of academically diverse learners, including students at-risk, students with disabilities, and students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
