Grants & Awards

Middle School Intervention Project (MSIP) is an evaluation study of the effectiveness of a comprehensive intervention targeting reading intervention, school engagement, and data-based decision-making.

This implementation science project aims to improve both decoding and reading comprehension outcomes for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The project will create a conceptually coherent collection of texts, including decodable texts, to use during literacy instructional routines.

In recent years, Morocco has made great improvements in advancing quality education.
The research team will refine and validate a reading comprehension assessment originally designed for third- to fifth-grade readers for use with postsecondary students.
This project will develop and refine a computer-adaptive version of MOCCA (Multiple-choice Online Cloze Comprehension Assessment), an existing reading comprehension measure for third- through fifth-grade readers. MOCCA helps distinguish between students who make one of two common comprehension errors.
MOCCA (Multiple-choice Online Cloze Comprehension Assessment) is a measurement study targeting the assessment of reading comprehension processes among intermediate grade students.
Literacy for Students with Disabilities is to address current and emerging training and information needs of SEAs, LEAs, technical assistance (TA) centers, schools, and practitioners to select and implement evidence-based practices that will improve literacy outcomes for students with disabilities or students who show indicators of disabilities tha
The Pakistan Reading Project, led by the International Rescue Committee in Islamabad, Pakistan, seeks to improve the reading achievement of 4 million elementary school students in Pakistan, and strengthen teacher certification and licensing programs throughout the country.
Project Summary The primary objective of Project Write: Examining English Learners’ Writing Proficiency is to examine the English writing development of English learners (ELs) and identify the writing skills that discriminate between typically developing ELs and those who are at risk for writing difficulties.