Coaching
Feighan, K. & Heeren, E. (2010, April). The Data are in: Four Years of Coaching Implementation & Analysis. Presentation at the Second Annual International Literacy Coaching Suumit. Corpus Christi, TX.
Feighan, K., and Heeren, E., (2010). “She was My Backbone: Measuring Coaching Work and Its Impact,” in Literacy Coaching: Research & Practice edited by Cassidy, Garrett, and Sailors. Center for Educational Development, Evaluation, and Research (CEDER); Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi, College of Education.
Heeren, E., Heaston, R., Pollan, C., Hall, C., and Feighan, K. (2010, April). Literacy Coaching: Measuring the Impact in Urban Schools. Presented at the International Reading Association Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Pollan, C., Chitman, L., Heeren, E., (2011, April). Literacy Coaches in the Demonstration Classroom. Presentation at the Third International Literacy Coaching Summit, Philadelphia, PA.
Pollan, C., Heeren E., Feighan, K. (2011, June). Literacy Coaches in the Demonstration Classroom: A Sustainability Model, Presentation at the Forum for Innovative Leadership, Memphis, TN.
Literacy
Coffey, D. (2010, March). Mid-South Striving Readers Project Targeted Intervention: Secondary Analyses. Panel presentation at the Society for Research of Educational Effectiveness Conference, Washington, DC.
Feighan, K., Heeren, E., & Feldman, J. (2010, May). Exploring the Relationship between Teachers’ Literacy Strategy Use and Adolescent Achievement. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Heeren, E. and Feighan, K. (2010, June). Literacy Strategies in MCS Teachers’ Toolkit: Lessons from the Field. Presented at the Forum for Innovative Leadership 2010 Annual Meeting in Memphis, TN.
Feldman, J.M. (2010, November). Striving Readers: Results from the Mid-South. Panel presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Heeren, E. & Potts, R. (2010, November ) Adolescent Literacy: Lessons From the Field. Presentation at the Tennessee Reading Association Conference, Murfreesboro, TN.
Feighan, K., Heeren, E., and Feldman, J. (2011). The Correlates of Middle School Teachers’ Professional Development Implementation, Instructional Beliefs, and Student Reading Achievement, paper commissioned by the US Dept of Education, also available from http://www2.ed.gov/programs/slcp/resources.html
Heeren, E., and Feldman, J. (2011, May). Today’s Readers, Tomorrow’s Leaders: Literacy Strategies that Impact Student Performance, Presentation at the International Reading Association 56th Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Cooter, R., Cardenes-Lopez, E. Cooter, K., Magpuri-Lavell, T., and Ogle, D. (2011, May). Breakthroughs in Academic Vocabulary Instruction with Urban Adolescent Learners: Results from Striving Readers Research, Presentation at the International Reading Association 56th Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Heeren, E., Feldman, J., & Feighan, K. (2011, November). Today’s Readers, Tomorrow’s Leaders, Classroom demonstration presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Conference, Chicago, IL.
Heeren, E., Feldman, J., & Feighan, K. (2011, November). Today’s Readers, Tomorrow’s Leaders: Literacy Strategies for Urban Middle Schools. Presented at the National Middle School Association Conference, Louisville, KY.
Heeren, E. (2011, December) Putting Literacy First: Expanding the Possibilities for At-Risk Adolescents. Roundtable presentation at the Literacy Research Association Conference, Jacksonville, TN.
Potts, R. & Heeren, E. (2011, December). Adolescent Literacy: A Time to Act? Presentation at the Tennessee Reading Association Conference, Murfreesboro, TN.
Implementation Fidelity
Feldman, J.M. (2010, November). Empirically Establishing Implementation Fidelity of an Intervention for Struggling Reader. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Heeren, E., Pollan, C., Chitman, L., Feighan, K., and Feldman, J., (2011, April). Collaborating with Literacy Coaches to Measure Implementation Fidelity, Symposium presented at the Third International Literacy Coaching Summit, Philadelphia, PA.
Feldman, J.M., Feighan, K.A., and Heeren, E. (2011, April). Aiming High: Implementation Fidelity, Cognitive Demand, and Struggling Readers’ Literacy Outcomes, Roundtable paper presentation at the American Education Research Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Methodology
Rui, N., Bai, H., & Coffey, D. (2010, November). A Comparison of Genetic Matching and Propensity Score Matching Methods for Covariate Adjustment in a Reading Intervention Program Evaluation. Paper presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Feldman, J.M., Coffey, D., Rui, N. & Schenck, A. (2011, March). Striving for Balance: Using Rigorous Methods to Challenge Nonsignificant Findings, Presentation at the Society for Research of Educational Effectiveness Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Rui, N., Feldman, J.M., Bai, H., Schenck, A. (2011, April). An Empirical Comparison of Genetic Matching and Propensity Score Matching for Covariate Adjustment, Roundtable presentation at the American Education Research Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Feldman, J.M., Coffey, D., Rui, N. & Schenck, A. (2011, April). Striving for Meaning: Using Rigorous Methods to Challenge Nonsignificant Findings. Presentation at the American Education Research Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Other
Feighan, K. & Harris, R. (2010, April). Evaluating a Multi-Year, Federally Funded Educational Initiative: Lessons from a Successful School District–Evaluator Partnership. Presentation at the Annual Eastern Evaluation and Research Society Conference, Absecon, NJ.
Feldman, J., Coffey, D., Rui, N. & Schenck, A. (2011, November). Striving for Balance: The Value of Publishing Rigorous Studies with Nonsignificant Findings. Presented at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.
Presentations Accepted
Feldman, J., Feighan, K., Kirtcheva, E., & Rui, N. (2012, April). Measuring Fidelity of Implementation: Lessons from the Field. Accepted for presentation at the American Educational Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Rui, N., Feldman, J., Kirtcheva, E., & Coffey, D. (2012, April). A simulation-based causal inference approach using cross-sectional data. Accepted for presentation at the Special Interest Group-Educational Statisticians at the American Educational Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Presentations Submitted
Feighan, K. & Coffey, D. (2012, May). Designing and Implementing a Realistic Classroom Observation System. Skill building session proposed for presentation at the Eastern Evaluation and Research Society Annual Meeting, Absecon, NJ.
Publications Accepted
Feldman, J., Feighan, K., Kirtcheva, E., & Heeren, E. (2012, March). Aiming High: Implementation Fidelity, Cognitive Demand, and Struggling Readers’ Literacy Outcomes. Journal of Classroom Interaction, 47 (1).
Publications In Progress
Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies and Professional Development Based on Work with Striving Readers. Led by Elizabeth Heeren, a team of authors representing Memphis City Schools and the University of Memphis is preparing a monograph based on the Striving Readers project experience. The content will include fluency strategies, vocabulary strategies, comprehension strategies, sample lesson plans, and how to build school capacity to support reading achievement. Presently in the draft stage, the development schedule calls for completion and conversion of the manuscript into a commercial-quality book to be published in December 2011. Keith Kershner (RBS) is leading the editing and production process. RBS Publications will disseminate the resulting book until at least 2016.
Rui, N., Kirtcheva, E., Feldman, J. & Schenck, A. (in progress). Estimation of Average Treatment Effect Based on Propensity Score Matching and Weighted Regression Adjustment: An Application to Data from a School-Wide Literacy Program. To be submitted to the Journal of Experimental Education.
Feldman, J., Feighan, K., Kirtcheva, E. & Heeren, E. (in progress). The Perils and Possibilities of Measuring Implementation Fidelity in K–12 Educational Settings. To be submitted to Evaluation and Program Planning.