Naomi Zigmond
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
5164 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-648-7082
EMAIL:
naomi@pitt.eduFull Time Faculty - Professor
School Affiliations
- Department: Instruction and Learning
- Program: Education of Students with Mental and Physical Disabilities
- Program: General Special Education
Education
- Ph.D., Learning Disabilities, Northwestern University, 1966
- M.A., Northwestern University, 1963
- B.S., McGill University, 1962
Recent Course Instruction
Summer 2010 (2107)
Spring 2010 (2104)
Fall 2009 (2101)
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Recent Presentations
- Creating Change in Elementary Schools
CEC Conference, Seattle, WA
- Invitied Presentation: The Special Education Teacher, Today
Council for Exceptional Children, Annual convention, Seattle WA
- PA's approach to the modified alternate assessment
PDE Conference, Hershey, PA
- Who are the 2% Students
CEC conference, Seattle WA
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Recent Consulting
- Measured Progress, Dover NH
- Member of professional advisory committee to GSEG grant from OSEP on modififed reading assessments for students with persistent academic problems
- National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
- Advisory Committee on RTI initiative
- Pennsylvania Department of Education - Bureau of Special Education
- GSEG Grant: Consultant on grant from Office of Special Education Program on defining characteristics of students and items appropirate for modified (2%) PA statewide assessment
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Recent Grants
- PASA, Alternate assessment for students with severe cognitive disabilities, PDE/BSE. $3m/year
- External Evaluation of Reading First in PA, PDE, ~$700,000/year
- Monitoring Progress in Pennsylvania Pupils (MP3), OSEP MOdel Demonstration Grant, ~$125,000/year
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