Jessica Toste
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
- 📌 "McMahon’s argument that no one would miss the Department of Education depends on several assumptions [...]. These assumptions do not align with the lived reality of American families."
- Reposted by Jessica TosteEach 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...
- Our #IDARE team invites contributors who have existing datasets from reading intervention studies, specifically experimental studies of K-12 supplemental reading interventions!
- RDM Weekly Issue 21 is out! 📬 - Project Structure slides @djnavarro.net - AI TutoR @emilynordmann.bsky.social - Data Documentation and Validation @lmu-osc.bsky.social - Request for Reading Data @jessicatoste.bsky.social @emilyafarris.bsky.social and more! rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
- Nominations due on Saturday, November 15! ⬇️
- 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
- Don't miss out! Only a few days left to register for our upcoming #WordConnections webinar series.
- 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
- Thanks for sharing, @megankruse.bsky.social!
- Reflecting on the importance of multisyllabic word instruction in my latest blogpost: megankruse.edublogs.org/2025/11/09/m... literacypodcast.com?podcast=Buzz... @jessicatoste.bsky.social @brennanchandler.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jessica TosteACTION 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 exceptionalchildren.org/lac?vvsrc=/C...
- 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
- We did an adorable #TosteTeam photoshoot for our fall 2025 back to campus series. These folks are the best part of my job! 🤘🏼🧡
- Nominate your favorite special education researcher for a 2026 CEC-DR Award!
- 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
- 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
- Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is
- Released yesterday. Increased control over federal grants and the direction of science.
- Good summary: bsky.app/profile/cdel...
- 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! 👇🏼
- 🚨 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
- We describe an incremental science framework and how a range of research designs can be situated within this framework. We provide examples of how our research can be more inclusive through understanding individual differences while also addressing complex, structural issues in education. 2/3
- Available open access here: doi.org/10.1080/0046... 3/3
- 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...
- 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...
- Reposted by Jessica TosteThis workshop focuses on how technology can be used to strengthen the connection between assessment data and instruction in education. bit.ly/4n3EbOE @jessicatoste.bsky.social
- 👇🏼 Tomorrow afternoon! Join us!
- 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
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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. 🤓🔤
- 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...
- 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....
- 🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 New #TosteTeam pub in Intervention in School & Clinic. Written w/ Sally Fluhler, @emilyafarris.bsky.social, & @brennanchandler.bsky.social. We offer guidance on conducting CBM ORF error analysis to inform instructional decisions. Open access: tinyurl.com/Toste2025isc 1/3
- 🚨 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
- By holding word reading instruction constant, we tested whether spelling practice (i.e., Decoding+Spelling condition) was associated with improved word reading as compared with using that time for word reading practice (i.e., Decoding condition) for 3rd to 5th graders with dyslexia. 2/3
- Open access: doi.org/10.1177/0731.... Findings indicate that spelling practice (using Cover-Copy-Compare) did not result in stronger multisyllabic word reading compared with word reading practice. More research is needed to examine other approaches to spelling practice! 3/3
- Reposted by Jessica TosteURGENT 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)
- 🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees: Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and… 1. Download your NSF award letters. 2. Print PDF your annual reports. 3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports. NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
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- 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...
- 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
- 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.
- Reposted by Jessica TosteWe are incredibly excited to be hosting Dr. @jessicatoste.bsky.social at MTSU this summer for training on Word Connections!
- Joining forces with @thereadingleague.org as the new Editor-in-Chief of The Reading League Journal! I transitioned into the role in December, but the upcoming spring issue will make it officially official as the first issue under my editorship. Woohoo! #ItTakesALeague 🤓📝📚
- I was recently informed that I am to be 1 of 5 faculty members inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at @utaustin.bsky.social. As a fun bonus, honorees are also given the title Distinguished Teaching Professor! 👩🏻🏫 More about the Academy: provost.utexas.edu/the-office/a...
- Reppin’ @cecmembership.bsky.social today in my extremely cozy new sweatshirt!
- Last week, my team launched our new #ResearchMatters series! Check out the #TosteTeam instagram for posts that highlight contributions from education sciences. How do data lead to critical decisions? How does research impact the world around us? Follow us here: www.instagram.com/tosteteam
- 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
- ‼️Exciting news from Department of Special Education at @universityoftexas.bsky.social. We're thrilled to announce our 🆕 ONLINE master's program focusing on dyslexia & dyscalculia intervention! Specialized training from experts in the field. RSVP for an upcoming info sessions: tinyurl.com/UTddiinfo
- I am trying to get Lady Gaga presale tickets. There are 20,748 people in the queue ahead of me and ticket prices range from $61.00-$1,950. Ticketmaster may be my villain origin story.
- As President of @cec-dr.bsky.social, I am grateful for the opportunity to sign onto this letter and to AERA for coordinating these efforts!
- In a new letter, AERA and other education research leaders call on Congress to protect the nation’s education data, research infrastructure, and knowledge base, by safeguarding the IES and broader Education Department staff, leadership, and mission. www.aera.net/Portals/38/E...
- 🚨 Take action! See below 👇🏼
- 🚨The White House just issued an executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education. Eliminating ED or moving IDEA to another agency will be a step backward in serving those with disabilities. Tell your representatives to protect ED: exceptionalchildren.org/lac?vvsrc=/C...
- Reposted by Jessica TosteJoin Council for Exceptional Children through March 31 for free! Many divisions may have free or discounted membership, too. For researchers and graduate students, consider joining CEC's Division for Research (see cecdr.org for all we do). Over 140 people joined the Division for Research yesterday!
- Reposted by Jessica TosteFrom March 17–31, new members can join CEC for free! While you're at it, join CEC-Division Research for an incredibly reduced rate! Gain access to the resources, training, and community you need to support students, #4SpecialEducation research- Join: exceptionalchildren.org/membership/a...
- Reposted by Jessica TosteAERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
- Tonight! See you there! 👇🏼
- Are you going to be at the @cecmembership.bsky.social Convention in Baltimore? Come to our annual Joint Division Reception on Thursday, March 13th at 7:00pm. There will be food, drinks (cash bar after free drink tickets run out), and access to the American Visionary Art Museum! 🍷🪩🎨
- Reposted by Jessica TosteIf you can’t be #CEC2025, here are a few ways that you take action today! Check out QR codes and we will post individual links in the thread below. #4SpecialEducation
- Take action and grab some stickers!
- Take action! Come visit the @cecmembership.bsky.social Advocacy Action Center (3rd floor) and take 5 minutes to contact your reps, download a social media toolkit, record a video, or make a poster! @jessicatoste.bsky.social and @mariahugh.bsky.social are here this afternoon and have CEC-DR stickers!
- We have a great CEC-DR team! We’re also on Bluesky now. Come follow us there — @cec-dr.bsky.social
- Productive meeting with the CEC-DR Executive Board this morning! Reframing our strategy in response to the federal actions that aim to dismantle publication education and education research. #ResearchMatters 📈
- Ready for a week of learning, planning, and advocating at #CEC2025! @cecmembership.bsky.social
- Make sure this is on your calendar for Thursday evening in Baltimore! #CEC2025
- Are you going to be at the @cecmembership.bsky.social Convention in Baltimore? Come to our annual Joint Division Reception on Thursday, March 13th at 7:00pm. There will be food, drinks (cash bar after free drink tickets run out), and access to the American Visionary Art Museum! 🍷🪩🎨
- Reposted by Jessica TosteIs Section 504 under threat? Listen to the last episode of DiveIn. We delve into the Texas vs. Becerra Court case with David DeMatthews. Listen at divein.alitu.com/1?order=newest @nepc.bsky.social @dredf.bsky.social @jessicatoste.bsky.social #disabilityrights #education #specialeducation
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- Great time with @orbida.org this weekend!
- Y’all. @jessicatoste.bsky.social gave the bestest bestest day long symposium for @orbida.org today in Portland, Oregon. I see so many good things in those freely available Word Connections! Go download and teach it! #conferencegawking
- 🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 New #TosteTeam pub in Intervention in School & Clinic. Written w/ Sally Fluhler, @emilyafarris.bsky.social, & @brennanchandler.bsky.social. We offer guidance on conducting CBM ORF error analysis to inform instructional decisions. Open access: tinyurl.com/Toste2025isc 1/3
- Graphed progress data (CBM ORF) informs whether to adjust instruction. Extend use of CBM ORF through error analysis to inform decisions about *how* to adjust instruction. This reduces need for additional assessments & increases usefulness of CBM ORF by gaining insight into student's skills. 2/3
- We'll share these final thoughts from the article! 3/3
- Are you going to be at the @cecmembership.bsky.social Convention in Baltimore? Come to our annual Joint Division Reception on Thursday, March 13th at 7:00pm. There will be food, drinks (cash bar after free drink tickets run out), and access to the American Visionary Art Museum! 🍷🪩🎨
- Hosted by the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD), Division for Research (CEC-DR), Division on Career Development & Transition (DCDT), Teacher Education Division (TED), and Division for Emotional & Behavioral Health (DEBH).
- While I'm excited to spend time with everyone, I am VERY EXCITED for this at the #AVAM: www.avam.org/art/divine
