OGAP News!

  • OGAP Facilitator Trainings (July 8 – July 12, 2024)
    Additive Reasoning and Proportional Reasoning
    Capital Plaza, Montpelier, Vermont
    Monday – Thursday (8:30 – 4:00)
    Friday (8:30 – 2:00)

    This training is designed for math leaders who have completed a 4 or 5 day OGAP Additive Reasoning or Proportional Reasoning training AND are interested in providing OGAP professional development and support to educators in their district as an effort to continue systemic work that OGAP has begun. […]

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  • NEWS RELEASE
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    March 11, 2024

    BW Walch Welcomes Jessica Jeffers as Division Manager for its
    Rapidly Expanding OGAP Division

    PORTLAND, Maine — BW Walch, a leading provider of mathematics resources and professional development, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jessica Jeffers as the Division Manager for our rapidly growing OGAP (Ongoing Assessment Project) division. In her new role, Jessica will spearhead the expansion of our proven research-based professional development initiatives for mathematics teachers across the United States. […]

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The OGAP Book Series Updates

A Focus on Fractions: Bringing Mathematics Education Research to the Classroom -3rd edition (Petit, Laird, Ebby, and Marsden, 2022)

A Focus on Addition and Subtraction: Bringing Mathematics Education Research to the Classroom (Ebby, Hulbert, Broadhead (2021))

A Focus on Ratios and Proportions: Bringing Mathematics Education Research to the Classroom (Petit, Laird, Wyneken, Huntoon, Abele-Austin, and Sequeira (2020))

Coming soon – 2nd edition of A Focus on Multiplication and Division: Bringing Mathematics Education Research to the Classroom -2rd edition (in press 2023)

OGAP goes virtual during 2020.

Study shows significant impact of OGAP on both teacher and student learning

OGAP identified as resource for Considerations for STEM Education from PreK through Grade 3

OGAP Additive Reasoning featured in Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education Spotlight LINK.

STEM for All Video Showcase: Transforming the Educational Landscape. May 14-21
http://stemforall2018.videohall.com/ The Ongoing Assessment Project (OGAP): Developing Formative Assessment Tools and Routines for Additive Reasoning” (A video illustrating the latest expansion of OGAP to grades K-2, featuring Beth Hulbert & Caroline Ebby, along with teachers, coaches and classrooms from Philadelphia, Charleston, and Alabama)

2019 National Presentations

NCSM 2019 – April 3, 8:15 – 9:15 AM: Multiplicative Reasoning in Action: An Interactive Professional Development Session Modeling How to Support Teachers to Link Area Models with Algorithms. Mary Abele Austin (National OGAP Facilitator and Math Coach, Chittenden East Supervisory Union); Karen Reinhardt, (National OGAP Facilitator, and National Math Consultant)

NCSM 2019 – Wednesday April 3, 10:45 – 11:45 AM: Seven Potential Instructional Responses to Formative Assessment: Coaching Instructional Decisions with OGAP Learning Progressions. Elizabeth P. Cunningham (Assistant Professor University of Michigan Flint and National OGAP Facilitator; Christine Farnham (Barre City Elementary and Middle School, Math Coach and Math Interventionist and National OGAP Facilitator)

NCSM 2019 – April 3, 3:00 – 4:00 PM: Using OGAP Learning Progressions to Promote Equity and Access to Important Mathematics for All Students. Beth Hulbert (OGAPMath LLC Partner and Lead OGAP National Facilitator); Caroline Ebby (Senior Researcher, CPRE, University of Pennsylvania and OGAP National Facilitator)

NCTM 2019 – Thursday April 4, 9:45 – 11 AM: Beyond the Algorithm: Tools and Strategies for Building Fluent, Flexible Multiplicative Reasoners. Mary Abele Austin (National OGAP Facilitator and Math Coach, Chittenden East Supervisory Union); Karen Reinhardt, (National OGAP Facilitator, and National Math Consultant)

NCTM Research Conference: Beyond Correctness: Strategy Use in Multiplicative Reasoning Performance. Caroline Ebby and Robert Nathenson (Research Specialists, CPRE, University of Pennsylvania)

AERA in Toronto, April 5-9, 2019:Promises and Challenges in Implementing Research-Based Formative Assessment in a Large Urban District: Mixed-Methods Findings. Jonathan Supovitz, Caroline Ebby, Janine Remillard, Adrienne Flack (Research Specialists, CPRE, University of Pennsylvania)

AERA in Toronto, April 5-9, 2019: Sophistication Matters: The Importance of Strategy Development on Student Performance on Multiplication and Division Problems. Caroline Ebby and Robert Nathenson (Research Specialists, CPRE, University of Pennsylvania)

OGAP Related Presentations

NCTM 2019 – Thursday April 4, 8 – 9:00 AM: In a SNAP! Using Photographs and Learning Progressions as a Formative Assessment Tool. Sarah Roller (Assistant Professor University of Alabama Huntsville); Elizabeth P. Cunningham (Assistant Professor University of Michigan Flint and National OGAP Facilitator); Katherine Marin (Assistant Professor Stone Hill College)

NCSM 2019 – Monday April 1, 4:00 – 5:00 PM : Coaching Teachers to Use Photographs and Learning Progressions as a Formative Assessment Tool. Katherine Marin (Assistant Professor Stone Hill College); Elizabeth P. Cunningham (Assistant Professor University of Michigan Flint and National OGAP Facilitator; and Sarah Roller (Assistant Professor University of Alabama Huntsville).

2018 – 2019 OGAP Professional Development Sites

  • Alabama
    • De Kalb City Schools, Alabama
      • Additive and Multiplicative, July 2018 and August 2018
    • AMSTI at Jackson State University, Alabama
      • Fractions, July 2018
      • Proportional, September, 2018
    • A+ College Ready, Birmingham, AL
      • Fraction Training, Spring 2018
    • Huntsville, AL School District
      • Additive Reasoning, June 2018
      • Fractions, June 2018
  • Charleston Public Schools, Charleston, South Carolina
    • Additive and Multiplicative, June 2018
    • Fractions, July 2018
  • Maryland Department of Education
    • Fractions, July 2018
  • New Hampshire
    • Rochester, NH – Additive and Multiplicative, August, 2018
    • Plymouth, NH – Multiplicative, August, 2018
  • Omaha Nebraska Public School District
    • Additive Reasoning Facilitator Training, May 2018
  • Philadelphia Math Counts Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 2018
    • Additive
    • Fractions
    • Proportions
  • Vermont
    • Champlain Valley Educator Development Center, Colchester, Vermont
      • Additive August 2018.
    • Vermont Northeast Kingdom Regions
      • Additive and Fractions, August 2018
    • Vermont Learning Collaborative Southern Vermont
      • Additive, July 2018
  • Wallenpaupack Pennsylvania Public Schools
    • Additive Reasoning, June 2018
    • Multiplicative Reasoning, July 2018
  • OGAP National Facilitator Training, Montpelier, VT – Additive and Fractions, July 2018