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This is the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring's monthly newsletter, The Progress Monitor. We hope that you enjoy this issue and welcome your feedback at studentprogress@air.org.


CENTER HIGHLIGHTS
	New Practitioner Document Added to Library We have posted a new practitioner brief on our website that was written especially for teachers. "Integrating Student Progress Monitoring into Your Classroom: The Teacher’s Perspective" helps teachers discover how to make student progress monitoring (SPM) an integral part of their classroom activities. Mark Your Calendars! New Webinar to Highlight Center's Resources and Activities The National Center on Student Progress Monitoring (NCSPM) staff will provide an overview of our Center as well as a tour of our web site, focusing on our free resources, online training modules, and tools chart. This webinar will be held on Thursday, August 30 at 2:00 pm Eastern time. Click here for information on how to join us online!
NEWS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
	OSEP Awards AIR New RTI Center The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Program's (OSEP) has awarded the American Institutes for Research (AIR) a $2.83 million Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center on Response to Intervention (RTI). Look for more details in The Progress Monitor over the next few months.
WEB RESOURCES
	CEC's Fall Webinar Series Advance your career and complete professional development requirements. CEC’s new Web seminars address Response to Intervention, special education teacher retention, ethnicity and disability in schools, and what principals need to know about special education. Register now!
ABOUT US
The National Center on Student Progress Monitoring, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), was established to meet the challenge of implementing effective student progress monitoring in order to improve academic instruction. Our mission is to provide technical assistance to states and districts and to disseminate information about student progress monitoring practices proven to work in different academic content areas in grades K-5. If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter, click here. If you've received this newsletter in error, or if you wish to unsubscribe, please email us and write "unsubscribe" in the subject line.