In addition to providing intervention to struggling readers and professional development to educators, the UURC also is engaged in collecting empirical evidence in support of our intervention model.
Empirical Evidence for Early/Next StepsSM
Peer-Reviewed Journals
Brown, K.J., Morris, D., & Fields, M.K. (2005). Intervention after grade one: Serving increased numbers of struggling readers effectively. Journal of Literacy Research, 37 (1), 61-94.
Invernizzi, M., Rosemary, C., Juel, C., & Richards, H.C. (1997). At-risk readers and community volunteers: A 3-year perspective. Scientific Studies in Reading, 1 (3), 277-300.
Morris, D., Shaw, B., & Perney, J. (1990). Helping low readers in grades 2 and 3: An after-school volunteer tutoring program. Elementary School Journal, 91 (2), 133-150.
Morris, D., Tyner, B., & Perney, J. (2000). Early Steps: Replicating the effects of a first-grade reading intervention program. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92 (4), 681-693.
Santa, C., & Hoien, T. (1999). An assessment of Early Steps: A program for early intervention of reading problems. Reading Research Quarterly, 34 (1), 54-79.
Empirical Evidence for Early/Next StepsSM
Peer-Reviewed Conferences
Brown, K.J., Fields, M., & Morris, D. (2006, December). Valid, Reliable & Efficient: A Psychometric Evaluation of "Flash" Word Recognition and "NSSI" Passage Reading Measures Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Reading Forum, Sanibel, FL. [Also in PowerPoint format.]
Brown, K.J., Fields, M., Lowe, S., Skidmore, D. Van Gorder, D., & Weinstein, C. (2001, June). The benefits of intervention for at-risk 1st graders: What happens in 2nd grade? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Boulder, CO.
Brown, K.J., Morris, D., Fields, M., Lowe, S., Robertson, J., Reynolds, V., Skidmore, D., Van Gorder, D., & Weinstein, C. (2002, June). The Virginia Intervention Model Expands in the West: What Have We Learned? What Do We Still Need to Know? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Reading Forum, Sanibel Island, FL. [Also in PowerPoint format.]
Brown, K.J., Morris, D., Fields, M., Lowe, S., Skidmore, D. Van Gorder, D., & Weinstein, C. (2002, June). Reading Intervention After Grade 1: Serving Maximum Numbers of
Struggling Readers Effectively. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Miami, Florida. [Also in PowerPoint format.]
Brown, K.J., Morris, D., Fields, M., Lowe, S., Skidmore, D. Van Gorder, D., Weinstein, C., Robertson, J., & Brock,U. (2003, June). The Virginia Intervention Model: Evaluating its effectiveness for struggling readers who speak English as a second language. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Boulder, CO. [Also in PowerPoint format.]
Brown, K.J., Reynolds, V., Lowe, S., Skidmore, D., Van Gorder, D., Patillo, S., Weinstein, C., World, J., & Morris, A. (2000, July). Early Steps intervention in schools with explicit code instruction: Is it effective? Does isolated phonological awareness instruction increase effectiveness? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Stockholm, Sweden.
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