People Behind the Project
Principal Investigators
Suzanne Donovan
Catherine Snow (Harvard University)
Co-PIs
Kurt Fischer (Harvard University)
Lowry Hemphill (Wheelock College)
Stephanie Jones (Harvard University)
James Kim (Harvard University)
Maria LaRusso, Project Director
Jonathan Osborne (Stanford University)
Robert Selman (Harvard University)
Jennifer Thomson (Harvard University)
Paola Uccelli (Harvard University)
Other Research Contributors
Chris Barr (Harvard University)
Theo Dawson (Lectica)
Gregg Harbaugh (Boston University)
Luke Miratrix (Harvard University)
Catherine O’Connor (Boston University)
John Sabatini (ETS)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Lisa Hsin (Harvard University)
Ha Yeon Kim (Harvard University)
Project Managers
Allie Huyghe
McCaila Ingold-Smith
Jill Joseph
Matthijs Koopmans
Karen Tran
Jennifer Winsor
Program Development Contributors
David Dudley
Matt Ellinger
Susannah Gordon-Messer
Patrick Hurley
Alyse Krantz
Anne McDonough
Jayne Myers
Charlotte North
Alan Stoskopf
Halley Wheeless
Claire White
Coaches
Bruce Blau
Sophia Boyer
Cara Cassell
Adell Cothorne
Courtney Harter
Meenakshi Khanna
Sherry Lassiter
Carol Mahedy
Jayne Ogata
Erin Ruegg
Halley Wheeless
Graphic Design/Media
David Dudley
Matt Ellinger
George Gumulinski
Keith McDaniel
Pooja Thacker
Jeffrey Whitten
Program/Research Support
Rafiq Abdus-Sabur
Lyan Albino
Brittany Baker
Sophie Barnes
Stacie Beland
Michelle Dionne
Chris Eccles
Chantal Hart
Sibyl Holland
Hazel Inglis
Avery Jones
Grace Jones
Samara Martin
Alia Mullani
Juliana Paré-Blagoev
Heidi Schubert
Emily Schwartz
Robin Shay
Kristen Smith
Joshua Steele
Doctoral Students
Shireen Al-Adeimi (Harvard University)
Silvia Diazgranados (Harvard University)
Brian Donovan (Stanford University)
Leslie Duhaylongsod (Harvard University)
Laura Edwards (Harvard University)
Tracy Elizabeth (Harvard University)
Michelle Friend (Stanford University)
Emily Phillips Galloway (Harvard University)
Ling Hsaio (Harvard University)
Janine de Novais (Harvard University)
Alexis Patterson (Stanford University)
Wenjuan Qin (Harvard University)
Diego Roman (Stanford University)
Zak Stein (Lectica)
Margaret Troyer (Harvard University)
Special thanks to the teachers, administrators, and students who were essential to the project, but who cannot be named for confidentiality reasons. Thanks also to the many research assistants who assisted throughout the project.
This site was originally prepared for districts and teachers who partnered with us throughout the project. While we have updated the text, many of the videos included on this site were prepared during the launch of the study. Although the project has come to a close, we are keeping the site and related videos available for those who are interested to learn more about the project.
The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305F100026 to the Strategic Education Research Partnership as part of the Reading for Understanding Research Initiative. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.
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