Publications & Reports Publications & Reports Early Childhood Education 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 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 Juvenile Justice Reform & Prevention 2017 – For Many Rural Participants, Drug Court Can Be a Positive Experience, But More Treatment Options and Support Are Needed 2017 – Drug Court Through the Eyes of the Participants 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
