RAND READING STUDY GROUP AND RAND STAFF RAND READING STUDY GROUP MEMBERS Catherine Snow, Harvard University, RRSG Chair Donna Alvermann, University of Georgia Janice Dole, University of Utah Jack Fletcher, University of Texas at Houston Georgia Earnest García, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Irene Gaskins, The Benchmark School Arthur Graesser, University of Memphis John T. Guthrie, University of Maryland Michael L. Kamil, Stanford University William Nagy, Seattle Pacific University Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar, University of Michigan Dorothy Strickland, Rutgers University Frank Vellutino, State University of New York at Albany Joanna Williams, Columbia University CONTRIBUTING RAND STAFF Thomas Glennan, Jr., senior advisor for education policy Gina Schuyler, project coordinator Anne P. Sweet, senior researcher on reading literacy, Lead RRSG Staff P. Michael Timpane, senior advisor for education policy xxv