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Naomi Zigmond

Naomi Zigmond

University of Pittsburgh
5164 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
230 South Bouquet Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-648-7082
Email: naomi@pitt.edu

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Presentations

  • Alternate Assessments for Students with Disabilities

    Apr 28, 2011
    Presentation at CEC Convention, National Harbor, Maryland

  • How General and Special Education are (and should be) different

    Apr 26, 2011
    Invited address for CEC Convention, National Harbor, Maryland

  • The 2% Test

    Feb 4, 2011
    Panel presentation at PCRC, Coronado CA wit Amanda Kloo, Chris Lemons, & Steve Elliott

  • The vanishing expertise of the special educator: A roundtable discussion

    2011
    Convened and moderated a roundtable discussion of the current crisis of vanishing expertise in special education at the CEC convention, National Harbor, Maryland

  • The LD Contruct: Is it worth saving?

    Apr 2010
    CEC Conference, Nashville TN

  • RTI in Secondary Schools: Why the elementary model is not sufficient

    Apr 2010
    CEC Conference, Nashville TN

  • Getting Reliable Scores on an Alterrnate Assessment

    Apr 2010
    CEC Conference, Nashville TN

  • Reading instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities

    2010
    CEC Conference, Nashville TN

  • Reading instruction of rstudents with significatn cognitive disabilities

    Nov 2009
    TASH conference, Pittsburgh PA

  • PA's approach to the modified alternate assessment

    Apr 2009
    PDE Conference, Hershey, PA

  • Who are the 2% Students

    Apr 2009
    CEC conference, Seattle WA

  • Creating Change in Elementary Schools

    Apr 2009
    CEC Conference, Seattle, WA

  • Invitied Presentation: The Special Education Teacher, Today

    Apr 2009
    Council for Exceptional Children, Annual convention, Seattle WA

  • Training on How to Administer the PASA

    Jan 2009
    Videoconference to 750 people broadcast from PaTTAN Pittsbrgh, downloaded at 38 sites in PA

  • Pennsylvania Reading First: Summary of Implementatio and Results for 2007-08

    Oct 2008
    Presented three times, at PaTTAN KOP, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh for PDE

  • Who are the 2% students?

    Oct 2008
    Focus Group at PaTTAN Pittsburgh for GSEG grant

  • Who are the 2% Students

    Oct 2008
    Division for Learnng Disabilities Regional Conference, Philadelphia, PA

  • External Evaluation of Reading First: Progress to date

    Sep 2008
    Poster Presentation at Evaluator's Conference, Washington, DC

  • External Evaluation of Reading First in PA: (Some) lessons learned

    May 2008
    Presented at IRA, Atlanta GA

  • Rethinking traditional instruction: Defining administrative roles in the era of RTI

    Apr 2008
    Presented at Conference for Exceptional Children, Boston MA

  • Meaningful Evaluation: Balancing the challenges of rigor and support

    Apr 2008
    Presented at AERA, New York NY

  • Classroom instruction in Reading First schools

    Feb 2008
    Presented at Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego CA

  • Progress monitoring (in a low-achieving school with low skilled teachers)

    Feb 2008
    Presented at the Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego CA

  • The 2% Assessment: Who is it for?

    Jan 2008
    Presented at conference sponsored by the Office of Special Education Programs, Washington D.C.

  • Assessing reading in students with significant cognitive disabilities

    Dec 2007
    Presented at TASH conference, Seattle WA

  • Coaching and its contribution to reading achievement in Reaidng First schools

    Nov 2007
    Presented at NRC, Austin, TX,

  • Report on PA RF

    May 2007
    IRA presentation

  • Implications of the introduction of RTI

    Apr 2007
    Response to keynote presentation for DLD Showcase at CEC, Louisville, KY

  • Report on PA RF

    Apr 2007
    AERA Presentation

  • The PASA

    Mar 2007
    Presentation to the staff of the Assessment and Accountability Division of PDE

  • Alternate assessment for students with severe cognitive disabilities

    Mar 2007
    PEAL (parent group) conference

  • 1% and 2% assessment solutions

    Mar 2007
    Presentation at the state-wide PDE conference, Hershey PA

  • Progress Monitoring in reading and Mathematics- part 2

    Mar 2007
    All-day workshop for elementary and secondary teachers in Beaver Intermediate Unit

  • Implementation of MP3 in Uniontown

    Mar 2007
    Presentation at the statewide PDE conference, Hershey, PA

  • Coteaching in secondary schools

    Feb 2007
    Presentation at LDA meeting, Pittsburgh PA

  • The future of Special Education

    Feb 2007
    Keynote address to LDA Conference in Pittsburgh, PA

  • Presentaton on achievement in PA RF schools

    Feb 2007
    PCRC Conference, Coronado, CA

  • Training of Trainers for administration of the PASA

    Jan 2007
    Videoconference presentation downloaded to 36 sites

  • Report on RF in PA

    Nov 2006
    NRC National meeting in Los Angeles

  • Presentation to PA TAC for statewide accountability assessment

    Nov 2006
    Report of modified Angoff procedures to produce cut-scores and narrative descriptions for PASA

  • Presentation to PA State Board on alternate content and achievement standards in reading and mathematics

    Nov 2006

  • Presentation to PA State Board on alternate cut-scores for accountability assessment of students with severe cognitive disabilities

    Nov 2006

  • Follow-up workshop for 2005-06 participants in Progress Montiroing workshop

    Oct 2006

  • Progress Monitoring in Reading and Mathematics - part 1

    Oct 2006
    All-day workshop for elementary and secondary teachers in Beaver Intermediate Unit

  • Exploring the 2% assessment solution

    Jul 2006
    Presentation to the PAK-7: Directors of special education for the seven largest states, meetin in PittsburghPA

  • Toolkit on new regulations in accountability assessment

    Jul 2006
    Presentation at the Project Directors' meeting, OSEP, Washington, DC

  • The 1% and 2% Solutions

    Mar 15, 2006
    Presentation at PDE Conference, Hershey, PA

  • RF in PA

    Feb 2, 2006
    Presentationn at PCRC, San Diego

  • RF in PA

    Oct 27, 2005
    Meeting of Directors of State External Evaluations of RF

  • Reading First, Evaluation Report of year 2 implementation

    Oct 25, 2005
    To statewide leadership meeting, Harrisburg PA

  • Including students with disabilities in statewide assessment

    Jul 2005
    Presentation at Bureau of Special Education Conference, State College, PA

  • Including students with disabilities in large scale assessments

    Jul 2005
    Presentation at the OSEP Project Director's Meeting, Washington, DC

  • Co-Teaching as a service delivery model

    Jul 2005
    Presentation at Bureau of Special education Conference, State College PA