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- CELA researcher Deborah Brandt addressed the Education Summit of the Madison
Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on December 1, 2000.
In spring 2001, she will be the Culbertson Lecturer in Composition and Rhetoric at Indiana University.
- U.S. Department of Education (OERI) has awarded the National Research Center on English
Learning & Achievement (CELA)
an additional $5.3 million to extend its national
leadership on student literacy learning and achievement.

- New York State Reading Association (NYSRA) recently honored Peter Johnston
with its 2000 Distinguished Reading Service Award for his outstanding contribution to the
field of reading and literacy. Johnston's research concentrates on what children learn as they
are taught to read and write, and how assessment practices affect teachers and their
students. Johnston has authored numerous articles, chapters, and books, including his most
recent, Knowing
Literacy: Constructive Literacy Assessment.

- CELA is pleased to welcome Jacqueline
Marino to the position of Coordinator of Instructional & Professional
Development. Jackie, who comes to CELA from New York State Education Department (NYSED), recently received
the 2000 Fellow Award from New York State English Council (NYSEC). At CELA, she
will work with instructional facilitators, teachers, and
administrators to develop the instructional program that is essential to Partnership
for Literacy.
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