TextProject's Partners in Research and Practice

TextProject works with numerous colleagues, agencies, organizations, and companies to bring about the goal of increased literacy levels.  These partners include:

VASE (Vocabulary Assessment Study in Education) at the University of California, Santa Cruz:  Judith A. Scott, one of TextProject's Board of Directors, is the principal investigator and Elfrieda (Freddy) H. Hiebert, TextProject's president/CEO, is a research associate affiliated with the project.  VASE is in the first of a four-year grant, with the aim of developing an assessment tool that accurately measures students' understanding of words.