Brian Rowan

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of Burst:Reading, a fully-developed software-based reading intervention designed to improve the literacy skills of students in grades K-3. In this intervention, students' reading ability will be repeatedly assessed and scored dynamically using handheld devices, thereby allowing teachers to make data-driven, in-the-moment instructional decisions at both the individual- and classroom-levels. For example, the assessment data can be used to i...

This project will conduct a cluster randomized field trial assessing the efficacy of a fully-developed, whole-school improvement program known as Systems Leadership in Middle Schools (SLMS) developed by the Modern Red Schoolhouse.

In this project, the researchers planned to develop and validate measures of pedagogical content knowledge in early reading. Also, they purposed to investigate the relationship between elementary school teachers' pedagogical content knowledge of reading, their instructional practices, and their students' reading achievement.