Associate Director, Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction
Assistant Professor
LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION
Achievement; Assessment; Curriculum and Instruction; Literacy; Reading Instruction; Writing Instruction; Quantitative Research Methods
John Z. Strong, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Literacy Education in the Department of Learning and Instruction in the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo. He also serves as Associate Director of Research in the Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction. As a scholar and former classroom teacher, his fundamental goal as a researcher is to improve reading and writing instruction in schools through the design, implementation, and evaluation of research-aligned instructional practices, materials, and assessments. His research centers experimental and quasi-experimental studies of interventions to improve elementary and secondary school students’ foundational reading skills, reading comprehension, writing, and motivation to read.