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 HealyThe Measures for Early Success Initiative, led by MDRC with foundational support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 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...