ReadyTest A-Z Contributors
Helping Educators Get Their Students Test-Ready
Only other educators know the pressure associated with getting kids ready for high-stakes tests. ReadyTest A-Z’s next generation assessment practice and instruction resources were developed with a team of experienced educators to ensure they address the needs of grade 3-5 teachers nationwide.
Tamala Brown
- National Board Teaching Certification
- Master of Education, Elementary Education, University of North Carolina
- Instructional Coach, NC Department of Instruction
- Literacy Facilitator, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Founder of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Literacy Support Organization
- NCAEYC State Board member
- Author of several teacher and parent resource books, including:
- Literature Lessons (Carson-Dellosa)
- From Baby with Love: Teacher and Parent Resource Book
- Modern Curriculum Press Teacher’s Guide (Modern Curriculum Press)
Karen Haag
- Master of Arts, Early and Middle Childhood Education, Ohio State University
- Reading Specialist, North Carolina
- Interim Reading Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Co-Director, National Writing Project at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- NC Department of Public Instruction, District and School Transformation Race to the Top Grant, Elementary Instructional Coach in School Model
- Literacy Coach, Cabarrus Charlotte-Mecklenburg Counties
- Twenty years experience teaching grades 3-10 in New York, Ohio, and North Carolina
- Author or co-author of numerous print and online teachings resources, including:
- Differentiated Coaching: Fostering Reflection with Teachers (IRA, 2011)
- The Five-Paragraph Essay and the Deficit Model of Education (English Journal, NCTE, November 2008)
- Thinking Out Loud On Paper: Student Daybooks as a Tool to Foster Learning (Heinemann, 2008)
Beverlee Jobrack
- Bachelor of Arts, English, Clark University
- Developed educational materials for publishers and institutions, including resources for ESL, Geography, Math, and Science at Jobrack Associates
- Editorial Director, Merrill Publishing, MacMillan SRA/McGraw-Hill
- Educational Program Librarian, Warner Communications/American Express
- Middle school English and literature teacher
- Member of the American Educational Research Association
- Member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Fellow at the Center for Learning, Leadership and Technology
Ann Weil
- Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Anthropology and Philosophy, University of Virginia
- Assessment Writer PARCC ELA, McGraw CTB
- ELD Project Writer, Q2A Bill Smith/Pearson
- ELA Assessment Editor/Writer, NWEA
- ELA Assessment Writer, Jumpstart Press/Triumph Learning
- Assessment Writer, Math Solutions/Scholastic U
- High-Stakes Assessment Specialist, Compuware APM
- Learning Consultant/High-Stakes Assessments, Motorola Solutions
- Editor, Interactive Technologies, Children’s Television Workshop
- Author of various publications for teachers and students, including over 50 nonfiction books for elementary and middle-school audiences