FCRR Announces Three-Year Partnership with Leon County Schools
FCRR is proud to announce READ UP, a new research-practice partnership with Leon County Schools (LCS) to improve reading achievement and student success.
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FCRR Partners with Irish Tech Firm SoapBox for Child Literacy Project
FCRR has announced a partnership with SoapBox Labs to create and deliver assessments that could transform how young children learn to read.
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FCRR Aims to Train Next Generation of Reading Disabilities and Dyslexia Researchers
Florida Center for Reading Research Associate Director Dr. Nicole Patton Terry has received a $1.1 million, five-year grant to prepare the next generation of reading disabilities and dyslexia (RDD) researchers.
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HBCU Conference Spurs Partnership, Insight, and Future Success
Dr. La’Tara Osborne Lampkin, Senior Research Associate at FCRR, attended the annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference.
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FCRR Faculty Attends First Nigerian Centre for Reading Research and Development Conference
FCRR Associate Director Dr. Nicole Patton Terry delivered the keynote presentation at the inaugural National Reading Conference at Bayero University, Kano. The conference was a capstone event for the new Nigeria Centre for Reading Research and Development (NCRRD), created to strengthen the country’s ability to provide high-quality education and improve children’s reading skills.
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Quantitative Methodology and Innovation Announces New Website
The Quantitative Methodology and Innovation (QMI) division, through multi-disciplinary collaborations, aims to partner with researchers, government agencies, and private companies to support scientific inquiry with rigorous research design, data analysis, and innovation in quantitative methods and assessment.
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FCRR Researcher Joins Cohort of Florida State University Early Career Scholars
FCRR researcher and Assistant Professor of Special Education Dr. Laura Steacy has been awarded a 2019 Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Early Career grant. Steacy will receive $500,000 over the next four years to conduct research on ways to support students with learning disabilities, including the development of instructional supports for students with dyslexia.
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FCRR Intern Denis Aleman Recognized as One Of FSU’s Student Employees of the Year
FCRR intern, Denis Aleman, has received the 2019 Florida State University Student Employee of the Year Vires Award. The award, given to the student employee who has gone above and beyond in taking initiative in their role, was presented at a special ceremony held on April 8, 2019, in the Oglesby Union Ballroom.
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Real Superheroes: How FSU Helps Improve Literacy Rates
Reading is closely tied to a child’s development, which explains why so many educators and researchers are wary of the lack of reading time in American homes. According to a 2017 study conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 65% of American fourth graders do not read at “a proficient level.” To help address this issue, a group of Florida State University scholars, faculty and alumni have come together to improve literacy rates for students.
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FSU researchers receive $3M to create national repository for data on learning disabilities
The federal government will award nearly $3 million over five years to researchers at Florida State University, so they can build a first-of-its-kind national data repository that aims to inspire innovative research that helps children with learning disabilities.
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