Department of Educational and Policy Leadership
Office: Schroeder Complex 116D
Phone: (414) 288-7233
karen.evans@marquette.edu
Karen Evans , Ph.D.
Director of Assessment and Clinical Associate Professor
Degrees Held
- Ph.D., University of Arizona
- M.S., University of Nebraska
- B.S., University of Nebraska
Research Interests
- Comprehension Strategy Instruction
- Preservice Literacy Instruction
Courses Taught
- Intermediate/Middle School Literacy Methods
- Literacy Assessment
- Introduction to Educational Inquiry
Director of Assessment
Responsibilities include:
- design & maintain assessment system for all programs within COE
- collect and analyze completed critical tasks from all courses taught in the COED
- create assessment reports for each program
- prepare assessment reports for accreditation purposes
- analyze assessment reports for purpose of informing programmatic changes
Publications
Evans, K. S. (2002). Fifth-grade students’ perceptions of how they experience literature discussion groups. Reading Research Quarterly, 37(1), 46-69.
Evans, K. S. (2001). Literature discussion groups in the intermediate grades: Dilemmas and possibilities. International Reading Association.
Evans, K. S. & Walker, N. T. (2005). Reading First: Hidden messages, omissions, and contradictions. In B. Maloch, J. Hoffman, D. Schallert, C. Fairbanks, & J. Worthy, (Eds.), 54th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference. Oak Creek, WI: National Reading Conference, Inc., 157-167.
