Yaacov Petscher, Ph.D.
Yaacov Petscher, Ph.D., is Associate Dean for Reseach and Professor of the Florida Center for Reading Research, Tallahassee, and Deputy Director of the National Center on Improving Literacy. Dr. Petscher’s research interests include the study of cross-sectional and longitudinal individual differences in literacy, psychometrics, reading assessment, and research design. He has co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, books, and technical reports, and his work has been recognized by awards from the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, the International Literacy Association, the American Educational Research Association, and the International Society for Technology in Education.