Hi listeners, it's Susan. Nominations are now being accepted for the fifth annual Science of Reading Star Awards.

Learn more and nominate a literacy leader from your life. It could be an educator, a school, or a district.

Just visit amplify.com slash S-O-ROR Star Awards.

Other reading comprehension assessments I was talking about can tell you if someone's not a very

good comprehender, but they don't tell you what to do about it.

This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast from Amplify.

So far on this comprehension focus season, we've explored why comprehension is so key,

and we've unpacked some of comprehension's foundational components.

Today, we're turning to a new angle, comprehension assessment. Our guest has done

groundbreaking research in this field, and she's joining us to explain why it's critical to

build on traditional methods of comprehension assessment. Dr. Gina Biancarosa is the Anne

Swindell's chair and a full professor in the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences in the College of Education at the University of Oregon.

She's also the director of the Center on Teaching and Learning.

In this episode, she'll detail her work to develop more precise and informative measurement of reading comprehension.

This new assessment called MoCA is something you will definitely be hearing more about in the coming months.

Quick reminder, we want to tackle your comprehension questions too.

Please share what you'd like to learn about at amplify.com slash SOR mailbag.

And now here's Dr. Gina Bianca Rosa.

Well, Dr. Gina Bianca Rosa, it is so amazing to have you here on the podcast.

Thanks for joining us today.

Thank you.

Thank you for having me.

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