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Language and Literacy Research Center (LLRC)
Project CALI
What is Project CALI? |
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The purpose of Project CALI is to develop and test a middle school co-teaching and literacy professional development model that is designed to improve collaboration between general (content-area) and special º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù teachers and, ultimately, enhance reading achievement and content-area knowledge of students with disabilities. Specifically, Project CALI supports teachers’ use of evidence-based strategies that promote adolescent literacy by building students’ background knowledge, delivering explicit vocabulary and comprehension instruction, and providing students with differentiated support. During the current school year (2017-2018; year 3 of the project), we are conducting a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of Project CALI professional development developed in years 1 and 2 of the project. For more information, visit the . |
Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (2015-2018) |
Time Frame: Three years |
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jade Wexler, Professor of Special Education at the º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù |
Principal Investigator: , Professor of Special Education at the University of Connecticut |
Principal Investigator: , Professor of Special Education at Vanderbilt University |
Project Manager: Erin Clancy, doctoral student in UMD's Special Education Program |
Project Manager: Alexandra Shelton, doctoral student in UMD's Special Education Program |