Publications:

Northrop, L. & Andrei, E. (2021). Vocabulary instruction for grades 3-8 English learners: An analysis of resources. TESOL Journal, 12(1), 1-16.

Byrnes, H., Seitz, B., Buckley-Marudas, M., & Northrop, L. (2021). Getting what you paid for: Examining online unit plans for classic and contemporary novels. Ohio Journal of English Language Arts, 60(2), 66-76.

Roskos, K., Northrop, L., Brueck, J., Evans, M., & Lenhart L. (2019). Descriptive observations of tool functionality and application for assessing digital reading program quality. Journal of Cognitive and Educational Psychology, 18(2), 174-189.

Northrop, L., Borsheim-Black, C., & Kelly, S. (2019). Matching students to books: The cultural content of eighth grade literature assignments. The Elementary School Journal, 120(2), 243-271.

Northrop, L. & Kelly, S. (2019). Who gets to read what? Tracking, instructional practices, and text complexity for middle school struggling readers. Reading Research Quarterly, 54(3), 339-361.

Northrop, L. & Andrei, E. (2019). More than just word of the day: Vocabulary apps for English learners. The Reading Teacher, 72(5), 623-630.

Northrop, L. & Kelly, S. (2018).  AYP status, urbanicity, and sector: School-to-school variations in instruction. Urban Education, 53(5), 591-620.

Dunn, M. B., VanDerHeide, J., Caughlan, S., Northrop, L., Zhang, Y., & Kelly, S. (2018). Tensions in learning to teach English. English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 17(1), 44-56.

Kelly, S., Zhang, Y., Northrop, L., VanDerHeide, J., Dunn, M. & Caughlan, S. (2018). English and language arts teachers' perspectives on schooling: Initial exposure to a teacher education curriculum. Teacher Education Quarterly, 45(1), 57-85.

Northrop, L. (2017). Breaking the cycle: Cumulative disadvantage in literacy. Reading Research Quarterly, 52(4), 391-396.

Kelly, S. & Northrop, L. (2015). Early career outcomes for the best and brightest: Selectivity, satisfaction, and attrition in the Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Survey. American Educational Research Journal, 52(4), 624-656.
            
Northrop, L. & Killeen, E. (2015). Using tablets to teach foundational skills: Matching apps to student needs. In T.V. Rasinski, K.E. Pytash & R.E. Ferdig (Eds.), Using technology to enhance reading: Innovative approaches to literacy instruction (pp. 25-34). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.

Northrop, L. & Killeen, E. (2013). A framework for using iPads to build early literacy skills. The Reading Teacher, 66(7), 531-537.

Kelly, S. & Northrop, L. (2013). How parents grade schools. Contexts, 12(4), 68-70.

Jacob, W.J., Crandall, J., Hilton, J. & Northrop, L. (2011). Emerging theories in comparative, international and developmental education. In J.C. Weidman & W.J. Jacobs (Eds.), Beyond the comparative: Advancing theory and its application to practice (pp. 69-91). Boston: Sense Publishers.

Northrop, L. (2006). The hot zone: An interdisciplinary project on viruses. Science Scope, 29(5), 40-42.

Northrop, L. (2005). Science reading journals. Science Scope, 28(6), 42-43.