About MDRC
Marta is an operations associate in MDRC’s Families and Children policy area, where she works on the Measures for Early Success Project. Prior to joining MDRC, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Delaware where she studied and disseminated an evidence-based home visiting program while engaging with community stakeholders and leading culturally responsive efforts. Through her work, she aims to reduce barriers to access to high-quality, evidence-based programs and to assist community stakeholders in the dissemination and implementation of programs that support families and children from low-income communities. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a PhD in human development and family studies.
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MDRC Publications
Issue FocusOctober, 2022In this blog post originally published by New America, Head Start educators report on challenges they’ve faced collecting and using assessments and identify opportunities for improvement.
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Other Publications
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Projects
JoAnn Hsueh, Amena Sengal, Caroline Schultz, Emily Hanno, Ilana Blum, Katie Beal, Mallory Undestad, Marta Benito-Gomez, Meghan McCormick, Samantha Wulfsohn, Sharon Huang, Ximena Portilla, Brenna Healy, Isabel Acosta, Katie Suppes, Samuel MavesThe Measures for Early Success Initiative aims to reimagine the landscape of early learning assessments for three- to five-year-olds in pre-K so that more equitable data can be used to meaningfully support and strengthen early learning experiences for all young children.