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Personal profile
About
Natalie Bolton received her Ph.D. in educational leadership and organizational development from the University of Louisville in 2008. She also has an M.A. in secondary education with an emphasis in social studies education, and a B.A. in secondary education, social sciences major in history, and a minor in geography. Natalie's research explores education policy, student achievement, and social studies/civic education. She has a special interest in large-scale assessments, standards-based education reform, classroom-based formative assessment, standards-based grading practices, and program evaluation. Currently, Natalie is analyzing P-12 classroom assessment design, the impact of lesson study on social studies teachers practices and student learning, K-12 schools shifting to standards-based grading and reporting systems, and conducting several program evaluations with local school and community partners in the St. Louis, MO region.
Education/Academic qualification
Educational Leadership and Organizational Development, PhD, University of Louisville
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Research Interests
- Education Policy
- Student Achievement
- Social Studies/Civic Education
- Large-Scale Assessments
- Standards-Based Education Reform
- Classroom-Based Formative Assessment
- Standards-Based Grading Practices
- Program Evaluation
- P-12 Classroom Assessment Design
- Impact of Lesson Study on Social Studies Teachers Practices and Student Learning
- K-12 Schools Shifting to Standards-Based Grading and Reporting Systems
- Program Evaluations with Local School and Community Partners in the ST. Louis, Mo Region
Disciplines
- Education
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Enhancing Computing Curricular Outcomes and Student Accomplishments Through Collegiate Competitions
Anand, V., Bolton, N. A., Calyam, P., Chadha, R., Raj, R. K. & Mishra, S., Dec 5 2023, CompEd 2023 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Global Computing Education. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 22-28 7 p. (CompEd 2023 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Global Computing Education; vol. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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PREPARING HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY TO CONDUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING
Bolton, N. & Paulette Isaac-Savage, E., Jan 1 2023, Assessment, Evaluation, and Accountability in Adult Education. Taylor and Francis, p. 214-228 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Towards a Domain-Agnostic Knowledge Graph-As-A-Service Infrastructure for Active Cyber Defense with Intelligent Agents
Calyam, P., Kejriwal, M., Rao, P., Cheng, J., Wang, W., Bai, L., Siddhardh Nadendla, V. S., Madria, S., Das, S. K., Chadha, R., Hoque, K. A., Palaniappan, K., Neupane, K., Neupane, R. L., Gandhari, S., Singhal, M., Othmane, L., Yu, M., Anand, V. & Bhargava, B. & 5 others, , 2023, 2023 IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop, AIPR 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (Proceedings - Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Embedding high quality assessment practices with pre-K-12 classroom assessments..pdf
Bolton, N., Jun 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Educator Contribution: Using Criterion-Referenced Performance Standards as Reference Points to Determine Grades
Bolton, N., 2018, How to Grade for Learning.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter