Research Based Efficacy Studies
Federal Funding, Grants, and State Standards
Resources on Adolescent Literacy
Consultant Team
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Mark R. Shinn, Ph.D. Mark R. Shinn is a Professor of School Psychology at National Louis University, Evanston, IL, and serves as Chief Scientist for AIMSweb, a formative assessment system He is a nationally recognized Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) expert. He taught school psychologists and general and special educators for 19 years at the University of Oregon. |
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Kimberly Lawless, Ph. D. Kimberly Lawless is Associate Professor of Educational Technology in the department of Curriculum, Instruction and Evaluation at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research focuses on the comprehension of digital text and teacher beliefs about the effectiveness of technology in the classroom. Currently, Dr. Lawless is the lead principal investigator and project director for Project TITUS, funded by the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology program, and Project TRUST, funded by FIPSE. Both of these projects seek to enhance the integration of technology into diverse urban settings in meaningful ways. |
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Edward B. Fry, Ph.D. Edward B. Fry is Professor Emeritus of Education at Rutgers University, where he was director of the Reading Center for twenty-six years. Dr. Fry is known internationally for his Readability Graph, which is used by teachers, publishers, and others to judge the difficulty of books and other materials. He is the author of the Reading Teacher's Book of Lists, now in its fourth edition, from Jossey-Bass. |
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Douglas Fisher, Ph.D. Douglas Fisher is Professor of Language and Literacy Education at San Diego State University and the Director of Professional Development for the City Heights Educational Collaborative in San Diego. He was the recipient of an International Reading Association Celebrate Literacy Award as well as a Christa McAuliffe Award for excellence in teacher education. |
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William G. Brozo, Ph.D. William G. Brozo is Professor of Literacy in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He serves on the editorial review boards of Reading Research Quarterly, Reading Research and Instruction, and the Journal of Aolescent & Adult Lieracy. As an International Development Division-International Reading Association consultant, Dr. Brozo travels regularly to Macedonia, where he provides technical support to secondary teachers. |