It was Great to Meet You at ATDLE 22!

BLAST Bilingual
3 min readJul 15, 2022

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Thank you for stopping by to say hello at ATDLE and/or coming to
Dr. Raña’s talk!

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4 Reasons to Assess Multilingual Learners with BLAST

We have identified four main reasons why educators should assess their bilingual and multilingual Kindergarteners with the BLAST app:

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Children Book Recommendations from ATDLE 22!

We met four amazing authors at ATDLE and loved their age-appropriate and culturally-relevant books that Latinx kids will enjoy and identify with:

Professional Development Opportunity: Webinar on Storybook Reading

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What We Have Been Up To

What’s Next for Us

We are planning on exhibiting the BLAST app at La Cosecha 2022.
Hope to see some of you there!

We are sponsored by the NSF and New Schools Venture Fund

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BLAST Bilingual

The BLAST Assessment Platform addresses the need for equitable assessment and literacy development materials for young Latinx bilingual learners.