Lee Branum-Martin

Understanding why some schools are more successful at teaching reading than others requires examination of three key components: student characteristics, school practices such as instruction, and school context effects. Using the Texas Reading First dataset, the research team will complete a secondary data analysis of student reading performance in over 200,000 students in 809 schools in 222 districts over six years. The researchers will examine the nature and growth of student literacy skil...

There are few multi-year studies examining the effect of intensive reading programs for middle school students with or at-risk for reading disabilities (SWRD). Those that exist have shown that without multiple years of intensive reading, students appear to stagnate or regress in their reading levels. Therefore, this project will conduct a two-year intensive reading intervention in grades 6 and 7 using the Adolescent Multi-Component-Intensive Training-Program (AiU). Researchers will conduct a...

The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research focused on improving writing outcomes among young students with or at risk for learning disabilities (LD), while participating in mentoring and training activities to build expertise in single-case research design, multilevel modeling, development of written language, and grant management. The ability to construct quality sentences using a variety of syntax structures is a necessary skill that contributes to the ability to wr...