FCRR’s Christine Lopez Recognized as One of FSU's Student Employees of the Year
FCRR student Christine Lopez has received the 2020 FSU Student Employee of the Year Mores Award.
Read MoreSonia Cabell Receives 2020 Robert M. Gagné Research Award
FCRR researcher and Assistant Professor in the School of Teacher Education Dr. Sonia Cabell has received the 2020 Robert M. Gagné Research Award.
Read MoreFCRR 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.
Read MoreFCRR 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.
Read MoreHBCU 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.
Read MoreFCRR 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.
Read MoreQuantitative 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.
Read MoreFCRR 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.
Read MoreFCRR 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.
Read MoreFlorida Center for Reading Research Explores Content Area Reading in Partnership with Seminole County
As students progress through school, focus in the classroom begins to shift from learning to read, to reading to learn. As a result, reading becomes more content area focused especially in subjects like history and science. However, for struggling readers this shift can potentially have damaging long-term consequences, from low performance to failure to complete high school.
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