{"id":115,"date":"2025-03-17T12:08:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T16:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2026-04-10T08:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:55:39","slug":"about-the-ema-dema","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/about-the-ema-dema\/","title":{"rendered":"About the EMA\/DEMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        About the EMA\/DEMA\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-ema\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The EMA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/03\/Logo_EMA@School_S-2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"EMA Logo\" class=\"wp-image-65\" style=\"width:274px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/03\/Logo_EMA@School_S-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/03\/Logo_EMA@School_S-2-512x512.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/03\/Logo_EMA@School_S-2-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/03\/Logo_EMA@School_S-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/03\/Logo_EMA@School_S-2-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/03\/Logo_EMA@School_S-2-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/03\/Logo_EMA@School_S-2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Early Math Assessment at School (EMA@School) is a universal numeracy screener developed by ARC researchers Dr. Heather Douglas and Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre. The EMA is designed to be used in the classroom to inform educators about which students may need extra support in mathematics. The screener includes a battery of subtests that measure students&#8217; foundational numeracy skills in kindergarten to grade 4 and is available in English and French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5ce62ff3 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/04\/Brief-Description-Early-Math-Assessment-6.0_March-2026.pdf\">Brief Description<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/04\/EMA@School_InterpretationGuide_2026.KtoGrade6.docx1_-1.pdf\">Interpretation Guide<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/05\/Nano-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344\" style=\"width:285px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meet the DEMA mascot, Nano!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-digital-ema-dema\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Digital EMA (DEMA)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, Carleton researchers began collaborating with Vretta Inc. to develop a digital version of the EMA@School. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vretta.com\/EMA-School\/\">DEMA<\/a> platform includes interactive items, data capturing tools, and visualizations to support a collaborative and innovative learning environment for children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Digital Early Math Assessment (DEMA): project background\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mnpgcQv6NYY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EMA The Early Math Assessment at School (EMA@School) is a universal numeracy screener developed by ARC researchers Dr. Heather Douglas and Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre. The EMA is designed to be used in the classroom to inform educators about which students may need extra support in mathematics. 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