Greg Roberts, Ph.D.
Associate Director, The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk
Director, Program Evaluation
Current Research Projects and Grants
- Center on Instruction – Special Education Strand*
- Dissemination Core, Texas Center for Learning Disabilities*
- Texas Reading First Initiative
- Professional Development for the Revised English and Spanish Language Arts and Reading Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (ELA/R and SLA/R TEKS)
* MCPER projects
Boards, Committees, and Associations
- National Planning Committee, National Summit for Response to Intervention
- Board of Directors, Vaughn Gross Center
- Board of Directors, Capital School of Austin
- Member, American Educational Research Association, American Evaluation Association, American Psychological Association, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
Representative Publications
Refereed Articles
Roberts, G., & Mohammed, S. (manuscript submitted for publication). Early reading achievement trajectories: ELL and L1 population estimates using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey.
Wanzek, J., Roberts, G., Linan-Thompson, S., Vaughn, S., Woodruff, A. L., & Murray, C. S. (in press). Differences in measures of high stakes reading achievement and the effects on oral reading fluency progress monitoring. Assessment for Effective Intervention.
Roberts, G., Torgeson, J.K., Boardman, A., & Scammacca, N. (2008). Evidence-based strategies for reading instruction of older students with LD or at risk for LD. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 44, 439-454.
Harn, B., Linan-Thompson, & Roberts, G. (2007). Intensifying instruction: Does additional instructional time make a difference for the most at-risk first graders? Journal of Learning Disabilities, 41, 115-125.
Vaughn, S., & Roberts, G. (2007). Secondary intervention in reading: Providing additional instruction for students at risk. Teaching Exceptional Children, 39, 40-46.
Roberts, G., Good, R., & Corcoran, S. (2006). Story retell: A fluency-based indicator of reading comprehension. School Psychology Quarterly, 32, 286-300.
Becker, H., Roberts, G., Morrison, J., & Silver, J. (2004). Recruiting people with disabilities as research participants: Challenges and strategies to address them. Mental Retardation, 42, 471–475.
Roberts, G. (2001). Evaluating costs and benefits of programs for children with serious health care needs. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 24, 72-83.
Becker, H. & Roberts, G. (2000). The Inclusion Inventory: A tool for measuring inclusiveness in school settings. Special Services in the Schools, 16, 57-72.
Roberts, G. (2000). Health psychology. Social Science & Medicine, 50, 751-754.
Roberts, G. (1999). Age effects and health appraisal: A meta-analysis. Journals of Gerontology, 54, 24-30.
Roberts, G., & Stuifbergen, A. (1998). Health appraisal models in MS. Social Science & Medicine, 47, 243-253.
Roberts, G., Becker, H., & Seay, P. (1997). A process for measuring adoption of innovation within the supports paradigm. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 22, 109-119.
Stuifbergen, A., & Roberts, G. (1997). Health promotion practices of women with multiple sclerosis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 78, 3-9.
Book Chapters
Vaughn, S., Thompson, S., Woodruff, A., Murray, C., Wanzek, J., Scammacca, N., Roberts, G., & Elbaum, B. (2008). Effects of professional development on improving at-risk students’ performance in reading. In C. Greenwood, T. Kratochwill, & M. Clements (Eds.), School-wide Prevention Models: Lessons learned in elementary schools (pp. 115–142). New York: Guilford Press..
Roberts, G. (2007). Response to intervention. In Hot Topics in K-12 Education. Washington, DC: Thompson, Publishing.
Roberts, G., & Nowakowski, J. (2004). Addressing the summer learning loss: An evaluation of the Voyager Summer Reading Intervention Program. In G. Borman & M. Boulay (Eds.), Summer Learning: Research, policies, and programs (pp. 165–182). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Stuifbergen, A., Seraphine, A., & Roberts, G. (2000). Maximizing health in the context of chronic illness. In S. Funk, E. Tornquist, J. Leeman, M. Miles, & J. Harnell (Eds.), Key aspects of preventing and managing chronic illness (pp.195-206). New York: Springer.