Toste Team

09/09/2026

📈📊Data Management Monday — but it's a Wednesday! We took Monday off to enjoy the Labor Day holiday, so we're kicking off September a couple of days behind. This month, we are sharing a few of our team's favorite open source resources to support your work and data management processes.

09/06/2026

Best wishes to our friend and colleague! Happiest of birthdays, Emily! 🎂⭐️

09/04/2026

Like so many, we are heartbroken to say goodbye to Dolly Parton — a country music icon and champion of early literacy. Since launching the Imagination Library in 1995, her program has gifted more than 330 million free books to children around the world. Dolly reminded us that access to books is access to opportunity. That legacy will keep opening doors for children for generations to come.

Go rest high over those Smoky Mountains, Dolly. 💜🦋✨📚

09/02/2026

🔎 Research That Moved the Needle: We're launching a new series spotlighting work that changed the trajectory of special education research and practice. First up: Stan Deno's 1985 paper introducing curriculum-based measurement (CBM) — the research that made frequent, reliable progress monitoring possible and reshaped how special educators use data to inform instruction. Swipe to learn more!

08/26/2026

Today, we are sharing another resource! We have a series of CBM ORF training videos where you can watch real students read and score along with our practice packets. Link to our YouTube channel is in bio! 📈🌐

08/24/2026

Halló! Dr. Toste has been in Iceland for the 2026 international meeting of PCRC. A small group of academic intervention researchers came together to collaborate on guidance to advance the study of systematic adaptation of interventions for novel contexts. We shared, learned, and worked—but we also had fun exploring this beautiful country! 🇮🇸🌋🧊🐋

08/21/2026

Dr. Toste is gathered at the University of Reykjavík this week to collaborate on guidance to inform research and practice on adapting interventions for novel contexts. She will be sharing our work on Word Connections and studying adaptations that support better fit local classroom needs while maintaining core elements. Follow for more in future! ✨

08/19/2026

Publication Archive! 📂🔐 We're sharing another research article from the Toste Team archives. This study, published in 2019 in the Journal of Learning Disabilities, reported on the efficacy of a multisyllabic word reading intervention for upper elementary students with reading difficulties. This is the intervention that has since become ! Swipe to learn more about this study.

🔗 Full article: https://tinyurl.com/MWRstudy

08/17/2026

Did you know that our YouTube channel has free resources on use of CBM data for instructional decision-making! Check out our mini training module video library at the link below. 📈🌐

https://www.youtube.com/

08/16/2026

Who's joining us on this flight to Chicago!? ✈️🤩

Boarding call for Chicago! ✈️

You’re headed to —and this is the seating chart.

Which seat are you claiming? 👀 Tell us your seat number in the comments (and why!).

📍 Hilton Chicago | September 30–October 2

Ready to join us? Save your actual seat at The Reading League Conference: https://bit.ly/4609ylY