McConnell to oversee part of CRIEC
Congratulations to Scott McConnell (Educational Psychology, CEED), who will oversee a component of the newly funded Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CRIEC). This center is supported by a $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences awarded to the University of Kansas, with subcontract collaborators here at the University of Minnesota, at The Ohio State University, and at Dynamic Measurement Group in Eugene, Oregon.
With an overall goal of reducing the number of children with reading problems by increasing the number of children entering school with knowledge and skill in early literacy and language, CRIEC will conduct research, development, and demonstration of procedures to implement Response to Intervention (RTI) models in early childhood programs.
Good luck to Scott and his colleagues!