Archived Publications and Reports
Early Childhood Education
- Illinois MIECHV Technical Report 2018
- Illinois MIECHV Technical Report Executive Summary 2018
- Illinois MIECHV Technical Report 2017
- Illinois MIECHV Technical Report Executive Summary 2017
- Illinois MIECHV Technical Report 2016
- Illinois MIECHV Technical Report Executive Summary 2016
- Illinois MIECHV Technical Report 2015
- Illinois MIECHV Technical Report Executive Summary 2015
- CQI Survey Brief 2018
- Attrition Brief
- CQI Survey Brief 2017
- CI Focus Group Report 2017
- Dropout Analysis 2016
- CQI Survey Brief 2015
- Community Site Visit Summary Report 2015
- Home Visiting Mandate Report – August 2015
- CQI Survey Brief 2014
- Dropout Analysis 2014
- MIECHV Fact Sheet
- Recent Research on Home Visiting
- 2020 MIECHV Home Visiting & Continuous Quality Improvement Annual Survey Report
- 2018 Issue Brief on Coordinated Intake: An Overview and Illinois’ Experience Within the Early Childhood Home Visiting System
- 2018 Home Visitor Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Survey Report
- 2017 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Technical Report Executive Summary
- 2017 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Technical Report
- Early Adolescent Participation in Physical Activity: Correlates with Individual and Family Characteristics
- 2016 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Annual Report – Executive Summary
- 2016 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Annual Report
- 2015 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Annual Report – Executive Summary
- 2015 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Annual Report
- 2014 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Annual Report
- Evaluation of an Authority Innovation-Decision: Brief Alcohol Intervention for Pregnant Women Receiving Women, Infants, and Children Services at Illinois Health Departments
- Neighborhood Deprivation and Availability of Culturally Specific African-American and Latino Fruits and Vegetables in Five Small Central Illinois Cities
- 2013 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Annual Report
- 2011 Observations of Marketing on Food Packaging Targeted to Youth in Retail Food Stores
School Reform
- Turnaround Success: An Exploratory Study of Three Middle Grades Schools that Achieved Positive Contextual and Achievement Outcomes Using the Schools to Watch i3 Project
- The Need for Large-Scale, Longitudinal Empirical Studies in Middle Level Education Research
- The Encyclopedia of Middle Grades Education (Second Edition)
- 2015 – Schools to Watch, A U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) Development Grant (Final Evaluation Report)
- 2014 – Evaluation of an Authority Innovation-Decision: Brief Alcohol Intervention for Pregnant Women Receiving Women, Infants, and Children Services at Illinois Health Departments
- 2013 – Common Planning Time in Middle Level Schools: Research Studies from the MLER SIG’s National Project
- 2011 – A National Research Project Revitalizes and Strengthens a SIG’s Membership, Leadership, and the Quality of Research in the Field
- 2010 – Common Planning Time
- 2009 – You Don’t Have to Be a Statistician to Use Data: A Process for Data-Based Decision Making in Schools
- 2009 – SEL Case Study Project
- 2007 – School Contextual Factors and Student Outcomes: A Validation Study
- 2007 – Results from a Cross-Sectional Structural Equation Model Assessing the Impact of Middle Grades Structures
- 2007 – Methodological Factors in Addressing Middle Grades’ Teaming Structures and Organization
- 2007 – Individual and School Predictors of Middle School Aggression
- 2007 – Health Promoting, High Performing Middle Level Schools: The Interrelationships and Integration of Health and Education for Early Adolescent Success and Well-Being
- 2007 – Development of a Multivariate/Multi-Level Model Examining the Impact of Middle Grade Structures, Organizations, and Practices on Student Outcomes
- 2007 – Applying Current Middle Grades Research to Improve Classrooms and Schools
- 2006 – Middle Start’s Impact on Comprehensive Middle School Reform
- 2006 – Middle Grade Teaching Practices: A Validation Study
- 2005 – Teacher Views on Collaborative Review of Student Work
- 2005 – How Does Middle Grades Teacher Certification Affect Teacher Practices and Student Learning?
- 2004 – High Expectations for Every Student
- 2004 – Are Middle Level Principals an Endangered Species?
- 2003 – The Influence of Teacher Support on Student Adjustment in the Middle School Years: A Latent Growth Curve Study
- 2003 – Should Middle Grades Students Be Left Alone After School?
- 2003 – Professional Development For Middle Grades Teachers: Does One Size Fit All?
- 2003 – Middle School Practices Improve Student Achievement in High Poverty Schools
- 2003 – Lessons Learned from More Than a Decade of Middle Grades Research
- 2002 – Understanding Indicators Related to Academic Performance
- 2002 – The Relationship Between Middle-Grades Teacher Certification and Teaching Practices
- 2002 – Four Important Lessons about Teacher Professional Development
- 2002 – Adolescents Carrying Handguns and Taking Them to School: Psychosocial Correlates Among Public School Students in Illinois
- 2001/02 Baseline Analysis of Self-Study Data: Illinois Turning Points Schools
- 2001 – School Size Matters in Interesting Ways
- 2001 – How Familiar Are Parents with Middle Level Practices?
- 2000 – What Makes Interdisciplinary Teams Effective?
- 2000 – How Teaming Influences Classroom Practices
Criminal Justice Reform and Prevention
Youth Substance Use Prevention
- 2021 – Sensitivity and Specificity of the CRAFFT to Identify Heavy Cannabis Use: Evidence From a Large Statewide Adolescent Sample
- 2021 – Improving Recruitment Procedures for School-Based Surveys: Through the Lens of the Illinois Youth Survey
- 2020 – Opioid Use at the Transition to Emerging Adulthood: A Latent Class Analysis of Non-Medical Use of Prescription Opioids and Heroin Use
- 2012 – Public Health Law Research: Exploring Law in Public Health Systems
- 2012 – Public Health Governance and Population Health Outcomes
- 2010 – Epidemiology of Alcohol Use: State of Illinois – 2008
- 2008 – Composite Prevention Profile: Urban/Suburban Illinois Counties
- 2008 – Composite Prevention Profile: Urban/Suburban (Excluding Chicago Metro Area) Illinois (Executive Summary)
- 2008 – Composite Prevention Profile: Suburban Chicago, Illinois Counties
- 2008 – Composite Prevention Profile: Suburban Chicago Metro Area, Illinois (Executive Summary)
- 2008 – Composite Prevention Profile: Rural Illinois Counties
- 2008 – Composite Prevention Profile: Rural Illinois (Executive Summary)
- 2008 – Composite Prevention Profile: City of Chicago, Illinois (Executive Summary)
- 2008 – Composite Prevention Profile: Chicago, Illinois
- 2006 – Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and Municipal Tobacco Ordinances: Attitudes of Restaurant and Bar Owners and Managers
- 2005 – Where Public School Students in Illinois Get Cigarettes and Alcohol: Characteristics of Minors Who Use Different Sources
- 2003 – Community Risk and Protective Factors and Adolescent Substance Use
Other Publications
- 2020 – Blood Cancer Survivorship in NCI-Designated Centers: A Study of Services, Gaps, and Access Barriers
- 2017 – Practicing Community Psychology in a University Center: The Non-Academic Side of University Work
- 2011 – Analyzing Geographical Access to HIV Sentinel Clinics in Relation to Other Health Clinics in Zambia