Paola Uccelli
Associated IES Content
FY2022
FY2022 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
FY2019
FY2019 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
Grant
Core Academic Language Skills Instrument: Refining the Assessment to Measure and Monitor English Learners' Progress
These researchers will develop and validate a computer-adaptive version of Core Academic Language Skills Instrument (CALS-I.1) for use with both English proficient (EP) and English learner (EL) students in grades 4 through 8. CALS-I.1 is an existing assessment that has been validated to predict EP students' reading comprehension skills based on their performance with academic vocabulary. However, CALS-I.1 was not developed for use with EL students. Research indicates that ELs typically becom...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A190034
FY2017
FY2017 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
Grant
The Language of Written Argumentation and Explanation: Individual Developmental Trajectories From 4th to 8th Grade
The purpose of this project is to examine how language skills change over time and how this supports academic writing in 4th through 8th grades. Language skills are necessary for writing complex texts as students get older, but research has not yet explored how these skills develop over time. The current study will explore how academic language (language features used in educational and scientific contexts) for writing, writing quality, and academic language for reading develop and change ov...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A170185
FY2015
Single-Session Panels
FY2014
FY2014 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
Grant
Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion and Debate
The purpose of this grant was to explore the contributions of perspective taking, complex reasoning, and academic language skills to reading for understanding for upper elementary and middle school students; to develop, refine, and test the efficacy of two literacy programs that target the development of these skills for a general population of students and for struggling readers; and to develop professional learning opportunities for science teachers that could serve as a model for other conten
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305F100026
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