Education & learning publications
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Longitudinal stability of reading profiles in individuals with higher functioning autism
The reading difficulties of individuals with autism spectrum disorders have been established in the literature, with particular attention drawn toward reading comprehension difficulties.
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Summative evaluation of the Research + Practice Collaboratory: Final report
To examine the Research + Practice Collaboratory’s strategy, SRI interviewed project leadership, conducted observations at events, and reviewed documents to develop descriptions of strategies, activities, and routines.
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Using ready to learn media in the preschool classroom: Findings from two randomized experiments
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A state system framework for high-quality early intervention and early childhood special education
The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center used a rigorous 2-year collaborative process to develop, test, and revise a conceptual framework for high-quality state early intervention (EI) and early childhood special…
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The Unique Challenges of Afterschool Research: A Practical Guide for Evaluators and Practitioners
This article provides candid advice for evaluators seeking to transition from K-12 to afterschool research.
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How Education and Industry Partner on Work-Based Learning. Lessons Learned from an Evaluation of Oakland Health Pathways
This brief draws on interviews with key personnel from the three partner organizations to distill lessons learned on effective cross-sector partnerships and delivery of authentic work-based learning.
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Peers matter: Links Between Classmates’ and Individual Students’ Executive Functions in Elementary School
In this study, we test whether mean levels and variability in classmates’ EF skills are associated with growth in individual students’ accuracy and speed .
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A Cross-Linguistic Examination of Heterogeneous Reading Profiles of Spanish-Speaking Bilingual Students
This study used latent profile analysis to identify three distinct reader profiles of Spanish-speaking bilingual students based on word reading and vocabulary measures and examined profile differences in reading comprehension.
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Many languages, one classroom: Supporting children in superdiverse settings
Here, we offer strategies from an approach we call personalized oral language learning (POLL). Teachers who have tried them find these strategies especially useful for supporting the learning and development…
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Developing Systems for High-Quality Feedback to Teacher Candidates: Lessons Learned from 11 California State University Teacher Preparation Programs
This paper describes how 11 California State University teacher preparation programs participating in the New Generation of Educators Initiative transformed the way they provide feedback to candidates.
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A System of Measures to Support Improvement in Teacher Preparation
This paper proposes a system of measures that campus-district partnerships can develop to guide and assess reforms in four key areas of their teacher preparation programs.
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Modular Antigen-Specific T-cell Biofactories for Calibrated In Vivo Synthesis of Engineered Proteins
An artificial cell-signaling pathway is developed that capitalizes on the T-cell’s innate extravasation ability and transforms it into a vector for synthesizing calibrated amounts of engineered proteins in vivo.