Deborah Reed, principal investigator for MCPER’s Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies project during its development and early implementation, successfully defended her dissertation entitled The Contribution of Retell to the Identification of Struggling Adolescent Readers on February 17. Dr. Reed is a graduate of the Department of Special Education in The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education. Dr. Reed, who has been with MCPER since its inception, wasted no time getting back to work after her defense! Please join us in congratulating her.
