Elementary education

Elementary education refers to education for students in grades 1 through 6 in the U.S. educational system.

Resources:

Britt Henderson Training Series
This annual series of workshops provides training for general and special education teachers, with the goal of improving the quality of education for students with diverse learning needs in inclusive settings.
Curriculum-Based Measurement for Reading and Math
Weekly Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) tests provide systematic, frequent feedback to students and teachers. CBM is one of several validated classroom-based and school-wide interventions developed to increase educators' capacity to improve students' learning and to accommodate diverse learning needs.
Providing Access to the Visual Environment (PAVE)
PAVE provides technical assistance for teachers of students with low vision, as well as for parents, and direct instruction for children. PAVE assists any child with low vision, age 3 to 21 in Lead Education Agencies in Tennessee, private schools, or the Tennessee School for the Blind.
Reading Clinic
The Reading Clinic provides intensive, individualized, one-to-one tutoring using assessment and instructional methods proven by research to promote reading; serving primarily children in early elementary grades.
Services for Educators
Includes outreach programs for educators.

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is a national resource center for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country.
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities
The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) conducts research on the identification of learning disabilities; formulates implementation recommendations; disseminates findings; and provides technical assistance to national, state, and local constituencies.
Susan Gray School
A nationally recognized early intervention program that includes typically developing children in educational settings with children with disabilities.
The IRIS Center
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the IRIS Center develops training enhancement materials to be used by faculty and professional development providers for the preparation of current and future school personnel.
Week of the Young Child
The National Week of the Young Child focuses public attention on the rights and needs of young children. It is sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), which is dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education for all young children and their families.

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers need subjects to complete the studies listed below.

Gene Set Enrichment Analysis of Microarray Experiments
Lilly Wang, Ph.D., presents Gene Set Enrichment Analysis of Microarray Experiments.

Preventing and Understanding Math Disability
Lynn S. Fuchs, Ph.D.
Response-to-Intervention as an Approach to Preventing & Identifying Learning Disabilities in Reading
Donald Compton, Ph.D.
Understanding & Preventing Math Problem-Solving Disability
Lynn S. Fuchs, Ph.D.