Marissa Pilger Suhr is a research assistant professor in the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University. A former literacy intervention coordinator, Dr. Pilger Suhr\u2019s research focuses on multitiered systems of support in reading and mathematics, including screening and identification of students with or at risk for learning disabilities, evidence-based instruction and intervention, and professional development and coaching for school staff.<\/p>\n
Dr. Pilger Suhr\u2019s work has centered on studying and addressing facilitators and barriers to implementation of evidence-based practices in schools and districts across the country. She has led development efforts and provided professional development and technical assistance to schools, districts, and state leaders related to multitiered systems of support in reading, reading instruction and intervention, and data-based decision making through her work on the National Center on Improving Literacy, a nationwide evaluation of multitiered systems of support in reading funded by the Institute for Education Sciences, and a dyslexia pilot project funded by the Colorado Department of Education. Dr. Pilger Suhr has also served as key personnel or research coordinator for grants funded by the Institute for Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Special Education Programs. She currently is Research Coordinator for the implementation arm of an IES-funded effectiveness replication study of Enhanced Core Reading Instruction (ECRI), and for an IES-funded Development and Innovation study for a Tier 3 reading intervention.<\/p>\n