Peter Afflerbach
Dr. Peter Afflerbach’s research interests focus on reading assessment, reading comprehension strategies, and the verbal reporting methodology. Most recently, his work focuses on individual differences in reading development that are sometimes neglected in reading theory and practice, including motivation and engagement, metacognition, student self-efficacy and self-concept, and epistemic beliefs. Dr. Afflerbach has served for many years on the Standing Reading Committee of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. He is a member of the NAEP 2025 Reading Framework Committee and was a member of the Feedback Committee for the Common Core State Standards/English Language Arts. He is a co-author of the National Academy of Education publication, Reading for Understanding. He has served on numerous committees and panels for the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), and the National Accessible Reading Assessment Projects (NARAP). Dr. Afflerbach has won numerous awards. His dissertation won both the International Reading Association’s Outstanding Dissertation Award, and the Literacy Research Association’s Outstanding Student Research Award. Dr. Afflerbach has earned awards from the American Educational Research Association for his classroom assessment research, and his reviewing in Educational Researcher. Peter was elected to the International Reading Association’s Reading Hall of Fame in 2009. Peter has published in many research and practitioner journals, including The Reading Teacher, Journal of Reading, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Journal of Educational Psychology, Language Arts, Elementary School Journal, Journal of Literacy Research, Reading Research Quarterly and Cognition and Instruction. He has also published dozens of book chapters, policy briefs, technical reports, and position papers. Dr. Afflerbach’s most recent book, Understanding and Using Reading Assessment, K-12 is now in its third edition. He is co-editor of the Handbook of Reading Research, 4th and 5th editions. Dr. Afflerbach is Professor of Reading in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland.
To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2021, Feb. 23). A conversation with Peter Afflerbach. (Season 1, No. 15) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/EB6A-8924-F39B-A69D-BC92-B
