John Z. Strong, PhD, is Associate Professor of Literacy Education in the Department of Learning and Instruction in the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He also serves as Associate Director of Research in the Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction. A former high school English language arts teacher, his fundamental goal as a researcher is to improve reading and writing instruction in schools through the design, implementation, and evaluation of research-aligned instructional practices, materials, and assessments. His research centers experimental and quasi-experimental studies of teacher-implemented interventions and high-impact tutoring programs to improve elementary and secondary school students’ foundational reading skills, reading comprehension, writing, and motivation to read.

Achievement; Assessment; Elementary Education; English Education; Curriculum and Instruction; Design Experiments; Literacy; Reading Instruction; Writing Instruction; Measurements; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Research Methods