Alyson Collins

The primary aim of this project is to rapidly accelerate the performance of students with and at risk for disabilities in text-based writing as a response to school challenges with COVID-19 by providing timely professional development (PD) and coaching to support general and special education teachers' implementation of an integrated writing and reading intervention. Prior to the pandemic, the National Assessment of Education Progress documented a gap between students with and at risk for di...

For this project, the research team will conduct a research synthesis, including a comprehensive meta-analysis, to explore what writing interventions are effective on what writing outcomes, for whom, and under what conditionsin kindergarten through grade 5. Findings will provide guidance for developing new writing interventions and informing professional development for teachers. Furthermore, the project will offer empirical evidence to support research to practice efforts that will improve ...

The purpose of this project is to explore relationships between teachers' use of evidence-based practices, teachers' experience with and attitudes about adapting instruction for students with disabilities, and students' writing outcomes. Although research has emphasized the need for improving content-area writing for adolescents, particularly those with disabilities, most prior research has relied on surveys to establish knowledge on this topic. This exploration project will involve direct o...

The purpose of this project is to explore the extent to which effective writing instruction practices are used by special education and general education teachers who teach writing to students with disabilities in Grade 4, and to examine the relationships between effective writing instruction practices and student writing outcomes. The project will also examine whether teacher-level factors (e.g., expertise for teaching students with disabilities) moderate these relationships and whether the...