Affiliated faculty selected publications
Assessment
Christ, T. J., & Hintze, J. M. (in press). Psychometric
considerations of reliability when evaluating response to intervention. In S. R.
Jimmerson, A. M. VanderHayDen & M. K. Burns (Eds.), Response to Intervention
Handbook (pp. XXX-XXX). New York: Springer.
Christ, T. J., & Silberglitt, B. (in press).
Curriculum-based measurement of oral reading fluency: The standard error of
measurement. School Psychology Review.
Christ, T. J. (2006). Short term estimates of growth using
curriculum-based measurement of oral reading fluency: Estimates of standard
error of the slope to construct confidence intervals. School Psychology
Review, 35, 128-133.
Christ, T. J., Davie, J., & Berman, S. (2006). CBM data and
decision making in RTI contexts: Addressing performance variability.
Communique, 29-31.
Christ, T. J., Burns, M. K., & Ysseldyke, J. (2005).
Conceptual confusion within response-to-intervention vernacular: Clarifying
meaningful differences.
Communique, 34, 1-7.
Christ, T. J., & Poncy, B. C. (2005). Guest editors'
introduction to a special issue on response to intervention. Journal of
Psychoeducational Assessment, 23.
Helman, L. (2005). Using literacy assessment results to
improve teaching for English language learners. The Reading Teacher,
58(7), 668-677. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Hintze, J. M., Christ, T. J., & Methe, S. A. (2006).
Curriculum-based assessment. Psychology in the Schools, 43, 45-56.
Salvia, J. & Ysseldyke, J.E. (2007). Assessment: In
special and inclusive education (10th Edition). Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.
Collaboration
York-Barr, J., Ghere, G. S., & Sommerness, J. (in press).
Collaborative teaching to increase ELL student learning. Journal of
Education for Students Placed at Risk.
York-Barr, J., & Kronberg, R. (2002). From isolation to
collaboration: Learning from effective partnerships between general and special
educators. In W. Sailor (Ed.) Whole school success and inclusive education:
Building partnerships for learning, achievement, and accountability (pp.
163-181). New York: Teachers College Press.
Comprehension
Lagrou, R., Burns, M. K., Mizerek, E., & Mosack, J. (2006).
Effect of text presentation on reading fluency and comprehension: An exploratory
analysis. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 33, 100-109.
Rapp, D. N., van den Broek, P., McMaster, K. L., Kendeou,
P., & Espin, C. A. (in press). Higher-order comprehension processes and
struggling readers: A perspective for research and intervention. Scientific
Studies of Reading.
Treptow, M. A., Burns, M. K., & McComas, J. J. (in press).
Reading at the frustration, instructional, and independent levels: Effects on
student time on task and comprehension. School Psychology Review.
Taylor, B.M., Pearson, P. D., Garcia, G. E., Stahl, K.
Bauer, E., Improving students’ reading comprehension. (2006). In K. Stahl,
(Ed.), Seeking Understanding in How to Teach Reading: Selected Works by
Steven Stahl (pp.303-315). New York: Guilford.
Treptow, M. A., Burns, M. K., & McComas, J. J. (in press).
Reading at the frustration, instructional, and independent levels: Effects on
student time on task and comprehension. School Psychology Review.
van den Broek, P., Virtue, S., Everson, M. G., Tzeng, Y., &
Sung, Y. (2002). Comprehension and memory of science texts: Inferential
processes and the construction of a mental representation. In J. Otero, J. A.
Leon, & A. C. Graesser (Eds.), The psychology of science text comprehension
(pp. 131-154). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
van den Broek, P., Tzeng, Y., Risden, K., Trabasso, T., &
Basche, P. (2001). The effects of questioning during and after reading on
comprehension at different grades. Journal of Educational Psychology, 93,
521-529.
van den Broek, P., Lorch, R. F. Jr., Linderholm, T., &
Gustafson, M. (2001). The effects of readers’ goals on inference generation and
memory for texts. Memory and Cognition, 29, 1081-1087.
van den Broek, P., & Kremer, K. (2000). The mind in action:
What it means to comprehend. In B. Taylor, P. van den Broek, & M. Graves (Eds.),
Reading for meaning, pp. 1-31. New York: Teacher’s College Press.
Effective Schools/School Improvement
Algozzine, B., Ysseldyke, J., & Elliott, J. (1997).
Strategies and tactics for effective instruction. Longmont, CO: Sopris
West.
Helman, L. (2006). What’s in a conversation? Mentoring
stances in coaching conversations and how they matter. In B. Achinstein, & S. Z.
Athanases (Eds.). Mentors in the making: Developing new leaders for new
teachers (pp. 69-82). NY: Teachers College Press (the series on school
reform).
Taylor, B. M., & Pearson, P. D. (2005). Using study groups
and reading assessment data to improve reading instruction within a school, In
Paris, S., & Stahl, S. (Eds.), Current issues in reading comprehension and
assessment.
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. (pp. 237-255).
Taylor, B. M., & Pearson, P. D. (2004). CIERA Research on
Learning to Read — at School, at Home, and in the Community. The Elementary
School Journal, 105 (2), 167-181.
Taylor, B. M., & Pearson, P. D. (eds.) (2002). Teaching
Reading: Effective Schools, Accomplished Teachers. Mahwah, N.J. Erbaum.
Taylor, B. M., Pearson, P. D , Peterson, D. P., & Rodriguez,
M. C. (2005). The CIERA School Change Framework: An evidenced-based approach to
professional development and school reading improvement. Reading Research
Quarterly, 40(1), 40–69.
Taylor, B. M., Pearson, P. D., Peterson, D. S., & Rodriguez,
M. C. (2003). Reading Growth in High-poverty Classrooms: The Influence of
Teacher Practices that Encourage Cognitive Engagement in Literacy Learning.
The Elementary School Journal, 104, 3-28.
York-Barr, J., Sommers, W. A., Ghere, G.S., & Montie, J. K.
(2006). Reflective practice to improve schools: An action guide for
educators
(2nd ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
York-Barr, J., Sommerness, J., & Ghere, G. (2005).
Teachers as leaders of inclusive schooling: What, why and how. Burlington,
VT: University of Vermont, National Institute on Leadership for Disability and
Students Placed at Risk. [peer-reviewed]
York-Barr, J., & Duke, K. (2004). What do we know about
teacher leadership? Findings from two decades of scholarship. Review of
Educational Research, 74(3), 255-316.
English Language Learners
Bear, D. R., Helman, L. A., Templeton, S., Invernizzi, M. &
Johnston, F. (2007). Words their way with English learners: Word study for
phonics, vocabulary and spelling instruction. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall.
Helman, L. (2004). Building on the sound system of Spanish:
Insights from the alphabetic spellings of English language learners. The
Reading Teacher, 57, 452-460. Newark, DE: International Reading
Association.
McMaster, K. L., Kung, H., Han, I., & Cao, M. (in press).
Peer-assisted learning strategies: A "tier 1" approach to promoting
responsiveness to beginning reading instruction for English learners.
Exceptional Children.
McMaster, K. L., Wayman, M., & Cao, M. (in press).
Monitoring the reading progress of secondary-level English learners: Technical
features of oral reading and maze tasks. Assessment for Effective
Intervention.
York-Barr, J., Ghere, G. S., & Sommerness, J. (in press).
Collaborative teaching to increase ELL student learning. Journal of
Education for Students Placed at Risk.
Fluency
Lagrou, R., Burns, M. K., Mizerek, E., & Mosack, J. (2006).
Effect of text presentation on reading fluency and comprehension: An exploratory
analysis. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 33, 100-109.
Silberglitt, B., Burns, M. K., Madyun, N. H., & Lail, K. E.
(2006). Relationship of reading fluency assessment data with state
accountability test scores: A longitudinal comparison of grade levels.
Psychology in the Schools, 43, 527-536.
Grade Retention
Silberglitt, B., Appleton, J., Burns, M. K., & Jimerson, S.
R. (2006). Examining the effect of grade retention on student reading
performance: A longitudinal study. Journal of School Psychology, 44,
255-270.
Silberglitt, B., Jimerson, S. R., Burns, M. K., Appleton, J.
(2006). Does the timing of grade retention make a difference in outcomes?
Examining the effects of early versus later grade retention on student reading
performance.
School Psychology Review, 35, 134-141.
Policy
Dillon, D. R. (2003). In leaving no child behind have we
forsaken individual learners, teachers, schools, and communities? Yearbook
of the national reading conference (pp.1-31). Milwaukee, WI: The National
Reading Conference.
Research Methodologies
Dillon, D. R. (2005). There and back again: Qualitative
research in literacy education. Reading Research Quarterly, 40,
106-110.
Dillon, D. R., O'Brien, D. G., & Heilman, E. (2004).
Literacy research in the next millennium: From paradigms to pragmatism and
practicality. In R. Ruddell & K. Unrau (Eds.), Theoretical models and
processes of reading, 5th edition. Newark, DE: International Reading
Association. [Reprinted from Reading Research Quarterly]
Struggling Readers
Burns, M. K. (in press). Reading at the instructional level
with children identified as learning disabled: Potential implications for
response–to-intervention. School Psychology Quarterly.
McMaster, K. L., & Wagner, D. (in press). Monitoring
response to general education instruction. In S. R. Jimerson, M. K. Burns, & A.
M. VanDerHeyden (Eds.) Handbook of response to intervention: The science and
practice of assessment and intervention. New York: Springer.
McMaster, K. L., Fuchs, D., & Fuchs, L. S. (2006).
Peer-assisted learning strategies: The promise and limitations of peer-mediated
instruction.
Reading and Writing Quarterly.
McMaster, K. L., Fuchs, D., Fuchs, L. S., & Compton, D. L.
(2005). Responding to nonresponders: An experimental field trial of
identification and intervention methods. Exceptional Children, 71(4),
445-463.
McMaster, K., Fuchs, D., Fuchs, L. S., & Compton, D. L.
(2002). Monitoring the academic progress of children who are unresponsive to
generally effective instruction. Assessment for Effective Intervention,
27(4), 23-33.
McMaster, K. L., Fuchs, D. & Fuchs, L. S. (2002). Using peer
tutoring to prevent early reading failure. In J. S. Thousand, R. A. Villa, & A.
Nevin (Eds.). Creativity and collaborative learning: A practical guide to
empowering students, teachers, and families in an inclusive, multicultural, and
pluralistic society. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.
O’Brien, D. G., & Bauer, E. (2005). New literacies and the
institution of old learning. Reading Research Quarterly. Essay Book
Review, 40, 120-131.
Taylor, B. M. & Ysseldyke, J. E., Eds. (in press),
Educational interventions for struggling readers, K-6. New York: TC Press.