Most Recent Publication:
Finding Harmony in Times of Discord: Helping Literacy Professionals Unpack the Current Reading Instruction Movement
SLP's Research Committee's current project focuses on the analysis of decodable texts and is currently underway!
The next project will be underway around December 2025/January 2026 and will potentially focus on literacy coaching.
Please contact Bethanie Pletcher at [email protected] if you are interested in working with a group of literacy professionals on the next project and/or if you have ideas for upcoming projects.
Finding Harmony in Times of Discord: Helping Literacy Professionals Unpack the Current Reading Instruction Movement
SLP's Research Committee's current project focuses on the analysis of decodable texts and is currently underway!
The next project will be underway around December 2025/January 2026 and will potentially focus on literacy coaching.
Please contact Bethanie Pletcher at [email protected] if you are interested in working with a group of literacy professionals on the next project and/or if you have ideas for upcoming projects.
The Research Committee has submitted a manuscript for publication titled, "Two Sides of the Same Coin: Finding Balance in the Midst of a Reading War." The authors of this paper were Bethanie Pletcher, Gina Doepker, Patricia Durham, Aimee Morewood, and Roberta Raymond.
Specialized Literacy Professionals as Literacy Leaders: Results of a National Survey
The Specialized Literacy Professionals SIG became the first special interest group to conduct and fund a massive research effort. Led by SIG Chair, Dr. Rita Bean from the University of Pittsburgh, the team also included other SIG members: Jack Cassidy, Laurie Elish-Piper, Mae Lane, Virginia Goatley, Diane Kern, Mae Lane, Barbara Marinak, Pamela Mason, Evan Ortlieb, Diana Quatroche and Jennifer Shettel. In this study, over 2800 reading specialists/literacy coaches in the United States and other countries responded to questions about their role and responsibility, the challenges they faced, and the skill sets that they believed were important for success in their roles. The results of this research have been published in the journal Literacy Research and Instruction (Volume 54, Issue 2, 2015):
Multiple Roles of School-Based Specialized Literacy Professionals
The Specialized Literacy Professionals SIG contributed to the International Literacy Association's 2015 publication on the Multiple Roles of School-Based Specialized Literacy Professionals.