Katherine Pratt
Katherine Pratt is currently a graduate student in the department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include early literacy skills and reading assessment. Katherine is exploring these topics while working with Dr. Theodore Christ on his Formative Assessment Instrumentation and Procedures for Reading (FAIP- R) project.
Katherine received her BA in Psychology from Smith College. She has a background in working with children and families in both school-based and clinical settings. Her experiences in behavioral therapy and clinical research have influenced her research interests in effective assessment and early intervention.
Selected Publications
Pratt, K., Martin, M., White, M.J., & Christ, T.J. (2009). Analysis of Word Lists for FAIP-R (Technical Report No. 1). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, Department of Educational Psychology.
Pratt, K., Martin, M., White, M.J., & Christ, T.J. (2010). Development of a FAIP-R First Grade Probe Set (Technical Report No. 3). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, Department of Educational Psychology.
Selected Presentations
Martin, M. M., Pratt, K., White, M. J., & Christ, T. J. (2010, June). Should you take their word(s) for it? A review of reading fluency word list development. Poster presentation at the annual Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference, National Harbor, MD.
Pratt, K. E., Martin, M. M., & Christ, T. J. (2010, February). Modified task demands and performance on curriculum-based measures of reading (CBM-R), Poster presentation at the annual Educational Psychology Graduate Student Research Day at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Martin, M. M. & Pratt, K. E. (2010, February). The use of sentence verification technique as a measure of reading comprehension in elementary students, Poster presentation at the annual Educational Psychology Graduate Student Research Day at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
June 2010