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Papers by Kymyona Burk

Research paper thumbnail of Connecting the science of reading to social justice: Introduction to the special section

Research paper thumbnail of The Ecology of School-Based Coaching in the MLI Initiative

Research paper thumbnail of Strategic Alliances to Improve Instruction and Learning: A PreK - 20 Partnership in Jackson, Mississippi

Research paper thumbnail of Connecting the science of reading to social justice: Introduction to the special section

Research paper thumbnail of Educator Outcomes Associated with Implementation of Mississippi's K-3 Early Literacy Professional Development Initiative. REL 2017-270

In January 2014 the Mississippi Department of Education began providing statewide early literacy ... more In January 2014 the Mississippi Department of Education began providing statewide early literacy professional development to K–3 educators through online modules and face-to-face workshops and providing literacy coaches to target schools (schools identified as being most in need based on the percentage of students in the lowest two achievement levels on the statewide literacy assessment). This study examined changes in teacher knowledge of early literacy skills and in ratings of quality of early literacy skills instruction, student engagement during early literacy skills instruction, and teaching competencies in Mississippi between winter 2014 and fall 2015. Among the findings: • Average educator knowledge increased from the 48th percentile to the 59th percentile on the Teacher Knowledge of Early Literacy Skills survey. Educators who had not yet participated in the professional development program by the end of the study had lower measures of teacher knowledge than those who had com...

Research paper thumbnail of Strategic Alliances to Improve Instruction and Learning: A PreK - 20 Partnership in Jackson, Mississippi

Research paper thumbnail of The Ecology of School-Based Coaching in the MLI Initiative

Online Submission, May 4, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Connecting the science of reading to social justice: Introduction to the special section

Research paper thumbnail of The Ecology of School-Based Coaching in the MLI Initiative

Research paper thumbnail of Strategic Alliances to Improve Instruction and Learning: A PreK - 20 Partnership in Jackson, Mississippi

Research paper thumbnail of Connecting the science of reading to social justice: Introduction to the special section

Research paper thumbnail of Educator Outcomes Associated with Implementation of Mississippi's K-3 Early Literacy Professional Development Initiative. REL 2017-270

In January 2014 the Mississippi Department of Education began providing statewide early literacy ... more In January 2014 the Mississippi Department of Education began providing statewide early literacy professional development to K–3 educators through online modules and face-to-face workshops and providing literacy coaches to target schools (schools identified as being most in need based on the percentage of students in the lowest two achievement levels on the statewide literacy assessment). This study examined changes in teacher knowledge of early literacy skills and in ratings of quality of early literacy skills instruction, student engagement during early literacy skills instruction, and teaching competencies in Mississippi between winter 2014 and fall 2015. Among the findings: • Average educator knowledge increased from the 48th percentile to the 59th percentile on the Teacher Knowledge of Early Literacy Skills survey. Educators who had not yet participated in the professional development program by the end of the study had lower measures of teacher knowledge than those who had com...

Research paper thumbnail of Strategic Alliances to Improve Instruction and Learning: A PreK - 20 Partnership in Jackson, Mississippi

Research paper thumbnail of The Ecology of School-Based Coaching in the MLI Initiative

Online Submission, May 4, 2010