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Jessica Toste
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Associate Professor #SPED at UT Austin. Researcher in Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and Texas Center for Equity Promotion. Director #TosteTeam. McGill University alum. Riot grrrl in an academic world. (she/her) www.jessicatoste.com
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Each year, NCSER and CEC partner for research to practice symposium to discuss how federal research funding impacts local schools. This year’s session is about writing!

Register Here: learn.exceptionalchildren.org/p/NCSER_writ...
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Our #IDARE team invites contributors who have existing datasets from reading intervention studies, specifically experimental studies of K-12 supplemental reading interventions!
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Nominations due on Saturday, November 15! ⬇️
cec-dr.bsky.social CEC Division for Research (CEC-DR) @cec-dr.bsky.social · Sep 19
Consider nominating a colleague (or yourself) for one of the 2026 CEC-DR Awards! You have two months to think about it. Awards will be presented at the CEC Convention in Salt Lake City, UT in March 2026. Visit our website to learn more about each award: cecdr.org/cec-dr-awards
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Don't miss out! Only a few days left to register for our upcoming #WordConnections webinar series.
jessicatoste.bsky.social Jessica Toste @jessicatoste.bsky.social · Oct 12
Join us for our #WordConnections webinar series. We'll explore implementation of this research-based, targeted intervention to support students' reading of complex words! #TosteTeam #BigWords #ScienceOfReading

📅 Nov 13 + Dec 4 | 💻 Live Online
🔗 Register: tosteteam.simpletix.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Thanks for sharing, @megankruse.bsky.social!
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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ACTION ALERT: Department of Education has nearly wiped out OSERS—offices essential to ensuring students with disabilities receive the services they’re guaranteed under IDEA. Congress must act NOW. Tell lawmakers: Restore OSEP. Protect IDEA. #4SpecialEducation
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October 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Join us for our #WordConnections webinar series. We'll explore implementation of this research-based, targeted intervention to support students' reading of complex words! #TosteTeam #BigWords #ScienceOfReading

📅 Nov 13 + Dec 4 | 💻 Live Online
🔗 Register: tosteteam.simpletix.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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We did an adorable #TosteTeam photoshoot for our fall 2025 back to campus series. These folks are the best part of my job! 🤘🏼🧡
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Nominate your favorite special education researcher for a 2026 CEC-DR Award!
cec-dr.bsky.social CEC Division for Research (CEC-DR) @cec-dr.bsky.social · Sep 19
Consider nominating a colleague (or yourself) for one of the 2026 CEC-DR Awards! You have two months to think about it. Awards will be presented at the CEC Convention in Salt Lake City, UT in March 2026. Visit our website to learn more about each award: cecdr.org/cec-dr-awards
September 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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We’re hiring! Come work with us in the Department of Special Education at UT Austin. Scholar in special education or related fields, without restrictions on rank or specific research program. Apply here:
faculty.utexas.edu/career/168004 #WhatStartsHere
September 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is
August 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Released yesterday. Increased control over federal grants and the direction of science.
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
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August 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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We want your thoughts on themes and topics that are of interest to the readership of The Reading League Journal and friends of @thereadingleague.org. Share your ideas below! 👇🏼
August 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨

Catch up on new #TosteTeam pubs! Jason Chow (@jchow.bsky.social) and I wrote this article for a special issue of Educational Psychologist. We highlight special education as a field that has prioritized the generation of scientific evidence to guide decision-making. 1/3
July 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Submissions for 2026 @aeraedresearch.bsky.social are due July 25! Join your colleagues and friends in Los Angeles in April 2026. To learn more and submit, visit: www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...
aeraedresearch.bsky.social AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · Jul 11
We're two weeks away from the #AERA2026 Submission deadline! If you haven't already, now's the time to begin or complete your submission. www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...
July 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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This workshop focuses on how technology can be used to strengthen the connection between assessment data and instruction in education.
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June 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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👇🏼 Tomorrow afternoon! Join us!
jessicatoste.bsky.social Jessica Toste @jessicatoste.bsky.social · Apr 9
Join me and @brennanchandler.bsky.social for a webinar on May 15. We'll be talking about word reading instruction for students in intermediate grades and #WordConnections! Webinar hosted by @cecmembership.bsky.social and @cec-dr.bsky.social. Free for members! Register: tinyurl.com/CEC-WordReading
CEC and DR webinar. Logos for both Council for Exceptional Children and Divison for Research. "Instruction to support word-level reading skils for students with disabilities in the intermediate grades." Thursday, May 15 from 4:00-5:00pm ET. Free for CEC members. Webinar presenters. Jessica Toste, PhD, Associate Professor & Distinguished Teaching Professor. Department of Special Education. The University of Texas at Austin. Brennan Chandler, PhD. Assistant Professor. Department of Learning Sciences. Georgia State University. Register at http://tinyurl.com/CEC-WordReading
May 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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cec-dr.bsky.social CEC Division for Research (CEC-DR) @cec-dr.bsky.social · May 12
IN MEMORY OF LYNN FUCHS

The field of special education lost a visionary and beloved leader with the passing of Lynn Fuchs on May 7, 2025. Her absence leaves a profound void—not only in our scholarly community, but in the hearts of all who had the privilege of knowing her.

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In Memory of Lynn Fuchs
Email from CEC Division for Research May 12, 2025 In Memory of Lynn Fuchs The field of special education lost a visionary and beloved leader with the passing of Lynn Fuchs on May 7, 2025. Her absenc
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May 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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So cool! @planetworddc.bsky.social is THE BEST museum. I went there with our 4th grader in the fall and we loved it. We had only two hours to visit and could have stayed much longer. 🤓🔤
ehanford.bsky.social Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · May 1
I work with @planetworddc.bsky.social on a speaker series. We created a video to share the story of what we've done over the past year. More to come in 2025... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDKY...
Inside Planet Word’s Journalist in Residence Program with Emily Hanford
YouTube video by Planet Word
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May 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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There is a corrected version of our article online today! This correction is thanks to a literacy specialist across the country who read the article and noticed an error. I'm so grateful for bright, engaged educators who make my work better! Open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
April 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨

I’m behind in sharing new #TosteTeam pubs! New article in Learning Disability Quarterly. We report findings from brief experiment of the unique contribution of spelling practice, specifically Cover-Copy-Compare, on multisyllabic word reading for students with dyslexia. 1/3
Screenshot of article. Title: Investigating the Contribution of Spelling Practice to the Multisyllabic Word Reading Skills of Upper Elementary Students With Dyslexia Authors: Jessica R. Toste, PhD, Nathan H. Clemens, PhD, Marissa J. Filderman, PhD, Brennan W. Chandler, PhD, Saashya Rodrigo, PhD, and Clinton Moore, PhD Abstract: While spelling instruction may enhance reading interventions, there is little experimental evidence to date that examines the benefit of integrating spelling activities above and beyond explicit word reading instruction and practice alone. The study sought to investigate whether a common approach to spelling practice, cover-copy-compare (CCC), uniquely contributed to multisyllabic word reading skills of third to fifth grade students with dyslexia (n = 32). In this brief experiment, students completed two controlled individual sessions (30-min each). Each session included two instructional components and one practice component. The practice component differed by study condition, with students randomized to either reading practice (Decoding condition) or spelling practice using a modified CCC activity (Decoding+Spelling condition). No between-group differences were observed on researcher-developed or standardized word reading and pseudoword reading measures; however, a small but statistically significant effect favored students in the Decoding condition on a standardized measure of word reading efficiency. Findings suggest students in both conditions improved their reading of multisyllabic words, and there did not appear to be a differential benefit of spelling practice via CCC compared with reading practice. We discuss implications for future research on the contribution of spelling practice to word-level reading interventions for students with dyslexia.
April 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.

For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.

We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
April 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Yay! 🥳
thereadingleague.org The Reading League @thereadingleague.org · Apr 21
We're thrilled to welcome @jessicatoste.bsky.social as editor-in-chief of The Reading League Journal!

A nationally recognized reading scholar, Dr. Toste brings deep expertise & a bold vision for bridging research & practice.

🔗 Learn more about her vision: www.thereadingleague.org/news/noted-r...
Dr. Jessica, Editor-in-Chief, The Reading League Journal, Toste smiles in the library wearing a muted orange dress that contrasts nicely against the background of bookshelves
April 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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I may be accepting ONE additional PhD student in fall 2025! Four-year funding package. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents for this funding opportunity. Must have an interest in intensive reading intervention. Reach out if interested! 📤 jrtoste@austin.utexas.edu
jessicatoste.bsky.social Jessica Toste @jessicatoste.bsky.social · Nov 11
Interested in pursuing a PhD in special education? I'm recruiting new doctoral students to join the #TosteTeam at UT Austin in fall 2025. We do lots of cool stuff related to intensive reading intervention! Scroll to next post in this thread to learn more about opportunity for full funding package.
Interested in pursuing a PhD in Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin? Join the #TosteTeam and study intensive reading intervention. Our work focuses on understanding effectiveness of reading interventions, data-based instruction, motivation science, and implementation science. Dr. Toste is accepting students for fall 2025 admission. Potential for full funding package including research assistantship, tuition, and health insurance.
April 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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We are incredibly excited to be hosting Dr. @jessicatoste.bsky.social at MTSU this summer for training on Word Connections!
Registration details for the Word Connections Training provided by Dr. Jessica Toste for Middle Tennessee State University. In-person training is two-day for $349 and a virtual one-day option for $199. Training will be June 5 & 6, 2025. Image of Dr. Jessica Toste. Dr. Jessica Toste is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin. She holds research affiliations with the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and Texas Center for Equity Promotion. Her research is focused on methods for intensifying intervention for students with persistent reading challenges and reading disabilities, and she is principal investigator on grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is the Editor-in-Chief of The Reading League Journal (TRLJ), an associate editor for the Journal of Learning Disabilities, President of CEC’s Division for Research, and Past President of the Division for Learning Disabilities. Dr. Toste is an award-winning teacher. She was recently selected to join the UT Austin Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Additionally, she was the recipient of the 2023 President’s Associates Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, 2022 Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award, and was named one of the 2017 “Texas 10” professors at UT Austin.
April 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM