Project Highlights
UIC-ERF Works - Again!
Read about how children in the third year of our CCL project and first year of the APLLE project made significant gains on tests measuring important early language and literacy skills. learn more...
IMPACT Funded.
A third UIC-ERF project has been funded. The U.S. Department of Education has funded the Early Reading First proposal that Jeffri Brookfield, Bill Teale, and Maureen Meehan submitted earlier in the year. We are very pleased to be able to expand our partnership with the Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Catholic Schools. For the next three years, we will work in 8 additional preschool classrooms in 5 different schools. learn more...
UIC-ERF personnel respond to the National Early Literacy Panel Report
Project PI William Teale; Jessica Hoffman, former UIC-ERF Research assistant and current Assistant Professor of Education at Miami University; and Research Assistant Kathleen Paciga have authored the article “Where Is NELP Leading Preschool Literacy Instruction? Potential Positives and Pitfalls.” You can read a copy of the manuscript by clicking on: learn more...
Conference Presentation:
From UIC-ERF, doctoral students Jessica Hoffman, Jennifer Garrette, and Katie Paciga, along with master’s student Samantha Richardson and project PI William Teale presented findings from the UIC-ERF projects at the 2009 International Reading Association Convention. learn more...
Published Authors!
A research paper by doctoral students Katie Paciga and Jennifer Garrette, along with project PI William Teale that reports on a study conducted in CCL-ERF classrooms will be published in the National Reading Conference Yearbook later in 2009. To read a prepublication copy, click here...
In the News:
The UIC Early Reading First projects have been featured in stories in the Chi-Town Daily News and UIC News. learn more...
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