There were 29 entries in the 2025 AERA Division H Outstanding Publications Competition. Each entry was reviewed by at least three reviewers and scores averaged across reviewers to select a category winner. There were not enough submissions this year to hold the competition in Category 4 (Assessment/Accountability). A minimum of three entries per category is required to hold the competition in a particular category. The winners for Categories 1-3 and 5-6 are listed below. Congratulations!

Category 1 Award: Advances in Methodology

Title: Controlling for Time-varying Confounding in the Longitudinal Fixed Effects Model: A Latent Variable Approach

Authors: Baeksan Yu & Steven Finkel

Affiliation: Gwangju National University of Education; University of Pittsburgh

Contact Person: Baeksan Yu (yu.baeksan@gmail.com)

Title: Using Individual-Level Advantage to Re-Evaluate Educational Inequality of Opportunity

Authors: David Stevens

Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley

Contact Person: David H. Stevens (david.stevens.sma@gmail.com)

Category 2 Award: Applied Research Reports

Title: Teacher Time Evaluation

Authors: Will Hardaway, Gleb Furman, David Osman, and AnnaCarolina Garza

Affiliation: Gibson Consulting Group

Contact Person: David Osman (dosman@gibsonconsult.com)

Category 3 Award: Program Evaluation

Title: Every Child Reads: Year Three Evaluation

Author: Stacia L. Long, Lisa McCulley, Brian Fitzpatrick, Jayce Warner, Judy Jennings, Kyle English, Michael Solis, Sonnur Ozturk, and Tori Nickerson

Affiliation: Gibson Consulting Group

Contact Person: Brian Fitzpatrick (bfitzpatrick@gibsonconsult.com)

Category 5 Award: Outstanding Dissertation/Thesis

Title: Development and Validation of the Skills Self-Efficacy Scale for Adolescents (SSES-A): A Comprehensive Summary

Author: Laura Thomsen Morello

Affiliation: University of Bridgeport

Contact Person: Laura Thomsen Morello (Lauratmorello@gmail.com)

Category 6 Award: Communicating Research, Accountability, Evaluation and/or Assessment to Lay Audiences

Title: Family Playbook

Authors: Rosa Ramirez Richter, Vanessa Gutiérrez, Jessica Tansey, Gregory Pollard, and Chen An

Affiliation: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research

Contact Person: J. S. Puller (jpuller@uchicago.edu)

Acknowledgments

The work of the Outstanding Publications Competition for AERA Division H relies on volunteer category chairs and reviewers. We want to express our gratitude for the excellent job done by the five category chairs in communicating with reviewers, as well as compiling and organizing reviewer comments and scores. We also want to express our gratitude for all the reviewers and the time spent reading entries, as well as providing scores and comments. This work is not possible without your service, so thank you!

AERA Division H Outstanding Publications Competition Co-Chairs:

• Angela Henneberger, University of Maryland
• Fangfang Mo, Purdue University

Category Chairs:

• Category 1: Advances in Methodology, Amy Clark, University of Kansas
• Category 2: Applied Research Reports, Scott Holcomb, Wake County Public School System
• Category 3: Program Evaluation, Anisa Rhea, Wake County Public School System
• Category 5: Outstanding Dissertation/Thesis, Lei Wang, Auburn University at Montgomery
• Category 6: Communicating Research, Accountability, Evaluation and/or Assessment
  to Lay Audiences, Laura Morello, University of Bridgeport

Reviewers (in alphabetical order):

Category 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6: Pam Castleman, Portia Amoa-Danquah, Ashley Birkeland, Justice Dadzie, Evelyn Goffin, Rumeysa Gorgulu, Scott Holcomb, Jennifer Kobrin, Kathleen Lynch, Tr'Vel Lyons, Swathi Menon, Melanie S. Meyer, Julie Molique, Paul Myers, Jackie Relyea, Shanita Rapatalo, Katerina Sergi, Matt Silberglitt, Jamie Smith, Naomi Stephen, Mellie Torres, Heqiao Wang, Xue Wang, Graham Zulu 

The Outstanding Publications Competition (OPC) Committee is happy to announce the 2025 competition.

1. advances in methodology
2. applied research reports
3. program evaluation
4. assessment/accountability
5. outstanding dissertation/thesis ($1,000 prize)
6. communicating research, accountability, evaluation and/or assessment to lay audiences

see the information shown below the 2024 award winners to get the details on this year’s division h outstanding publications competition.  

winners of the outstanding publications competition for 2024 

you can use the link to submit your publication.  the deadline for submissions is midnight est december 31, 2023.

winners of the outstanding publications competition for 2023