John Sabatini
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Distinguished Research Professor 901.678.5102 (office) |
Dr. Sabatini is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Psychology
and the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. He was formerly
a Principal Research Scientist in the Center for Global Research, Research & Development
Division at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ. His research interests and
expertise are in reading literacy development and disabilities, assessment, cognitive
psychology, and educational technology, with a primary focus on adults and adolescents.
He has been the principal investigator of Institute of Education Sciences funded grants
to develop pre-K -12 comprehension assessments, as part of the Reading for Understanding
initiative, and to adapt those assessments for use in adult education programs, as
well as co-PI on a grant project that explores how online collaborative, critical
discussions can facilitate the writing of arguments in middle grades students. He
has completed an NICHD funded Learning Disabilities Research Center project studying
subtypes of reading disabilities in adolescents and a NICHD/Dept of Education/National
Institute for Literacy grant studying the relative effectiveness of reading programs
for adults.
He was lead editor of two volumes on innovations in reading comprehension assessment published in 2012 and has served as co-editor for three special journal issues on adult literacy (Scientific Study of Reading, 2002; Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010; and Journal of Research Effectiveness and Evaluation, 2011). He also serves as a co-investigator on projects exploring the reading processes of adolescents, English language learners, and students with reading based disabilities. He provides technical and research advice to national and international surveys including the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PISA), the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and National Assessments of Adult Literacy (NAAL).