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Saro Mohammed holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science in brain and cognitive sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is Founder and Principal of Ed Research Works where she works to ensure research equitably improves K-12 learning experiences.

Most recently, Saro was a Managing Partner at The Learning Accelerator (TLA; scroll to Alumni) leading work on measurement to increase our evidence base of equitable blended practices. Prior to joining TLA in October 2014, Saro was the inaugural assistant director of The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk (MCPER) and The Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts (VGC). She was also MCPER’s director of web-based content and dissemination, associate director of program evaluation, principal investigator and a director of the Middle School Matters Institute, and principal investigator of the external evaluation of the RAISEup Texas project, among others. Saro has experience with large-scale research, technical assistance, dissemination, and external evaluation projects. She has also managed large datasets and co-led organizational and project-specific data management, analysis, and measurement teams.

Saro is a founding board member of Capacity Catalyst; and a co-founder of the Teaching and Learning Research Community. In addition, she volunteers at the United Way for Greater Austin, serving on their PreK Partnerships Board, and Mission Advancement Committee; and as an MIT Educational Counselor for the central Texas region.
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Selected Peer Reviewed Publications and Presentations
  • Mohammed, S. S. (2018). Measurement in Emerging Learning Environments. In K. Kennedy & R.E. Ferdig (Eds.), Handbook of research on K-12 online and blended learning (2nd ed., pp. 111-120).  Pittsburgh, PA: ETC Press.
    Mohammed, S. (2017). Special Issue: Connecting Research and Practice to Understand Efficacy in K-12 Blended Learning. Journal of Online Learning Research. 3(1), pp. 1-4. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
  • Roberts, G., Scammacca, N., Osman, D. J., Hall, C., Mohammed, S. S., & Vaughn, S. (2014). Team-based learning: Moderating effects of metacognitive elaborative rehearsal and middle school history content recall. Educational Psychology Review, 26(3), 451–468. doi:10.1007/s10648-014-9266-2
  • Vaughn, S., Roberts, G., Klingner, J. K., Swanson, E. A., Boardman, A., Stillman-Spisak, S. J., Mohammed, S. S., & Leroux, A. J. (2013). Collaborative strategic reading: Findings from experienced implementers. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 6(2), 137–163. doi:10.1080/19345747.2012.741661
  • Swanson, E., Mohammed, S. S., Boardman, A., Vaughn, S., Klingner, J., Roberts, G., & Leroux, A. J. (2011). The effects of Collaborative Strategic Reading instruction on the reading comprehension of middle school students: Year 2 replication. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Washington, D.C.
  • Vaughn, S., Klingner, J. K., Swanson, E. A., Boardman, A. G., Roberts, G., Mohammed, S. S., & Stillman-Spisak, S. J. (2011). Efficacy of Collaborative Strategic Reading with middle school students. American Educational Research Journal, 48(4), 938-964. doi:10.3102/0002831211410305 
  • Mohammed, S. S., Swanson, E., Roberts, G., Vaughn, S., Klingner, J., & Boardman, A. (2010). The effects of Collaborative Strategic Reading on the reading comprehension of middle school students: Year 1. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Washington, D.C.
  • Roberts, G., Mohammed, S. S., & Vaughn, S. (2010). Reading achievement across three language groups: Growth estimates for overall reading and reading sub-skills using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey. Journal of Educational Psychology, 102(3), 668–686.
  • Neely, M. E., Schallert, D. L., Mohammed, S. S., Roberts, R. M., & Chen, Y. (2009). Self-kindness when facing stress: The role of self-compassion, goal regulation, and support in college students' well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 33(1), 88-97.
  • Mohammed, S. S. (2009).  The occurrence of Dialect features in the academic discourse of Standard 5 classrooms in Trinidad. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
  • Mohammed, S. S., Svinicki, M. D., Yoo, J. H., & Walls, S. M. (2008). Classroom community and high-stakes classes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
  • Roberts, R. M., Mohammed, S. S., Neely, M., Kim, H., Kim, H. J., Kim, T. H., Nihalani, P., & Schallert, D. L. (2008). “Quit partying, more studying”: A mixed methods investigation of undergraduates’ academic goal attainment and well-being. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
  • Bryant, D. P, Bryant, B. R., & Mohammed, S. S., (2007). Response to Intervention and mathematics. Professional Development Session presented at the VGCRLA at UT-Austin Brown Bag Series, Austin, TX.
  • Mohammed, S. S. (2007). The Landscape of College Students' Sense of Well Being during a Challenging Semester. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
  • Neely, M., Schallert, D. L., Mohammed, S. S., Mendiola, R., Chen, Y., Chu, H. R., & Pelton-Sweet, L. M. (2007). Juxtaposing Self-Compassion With Perceived Need for Support and Perceived Availability of Support in Understanding College Students' Well-Being. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Neely, M., Schallert, D. L., Mohammed, S. S., Mendiola, R., Kim, H., Kim, H. J., & Games, I. A. (2007). The Dark Side of Academic Volition: Is Persistence Always a Good Thing? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Mohammed, S. S. (2006). Finding the link between classroom community and instructor’s teaching style. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, Austin, TX.
  • Roberts, G. J., Levy, S. L. & Mohammed, S. S. (2006). RtI: Response to Intervention and 3-Tier Models. Ongoing Professional Development Session presented at the CRRFTAC TAPDANCE/Ongoing PD Meeting Series, Austin TX.
  • Schallert, D. L., Neely, M., Mendiola, R., Mayrath, M. C., Mohammed, S. S., Riekenberg, J. J., Pelton-Sweet, L., Games, I. A., & Peshwe, A. V. (2006). The role of self-compassion, life stressors, and goal disengagement and reengagement in college students’ well-being. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
  • Swanson, E., Wexler, J. A., Mohammed, S. S., & Locson, L. (2006). Managing the Reading First classroom. Breakout Session presented at the 3rd Annual National Reading First Conference, Reno, NV.
  • Blair, R. B., Mohammed, S. S., Boley, L., Stanley, K., & McKenzie, K. (2005). Management of the Reading First classroom. Breakout Session presented at the 2nd Annual National Reading First Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Dissertation: Trini Talk or the Queen’s English? Navigating language varieties in the post-colonial, high stakes climate of “Standard Five” classrooms in Trinidad.

Projects I assisted on as an undergraduate researcher acknowledged as S. Sammy (Corkinlab, Wagnerlab, UROP):
(c) Sarojani S Mohammed
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