Francesca Lopez, Ph.D.Francesca López , Ph.D.

Title Assistant Professor
Dept Educational Policy & Leadership
Office 113G Schroeder Complex
Phone 414-288-5716
Email francesca.lopez@marquette.edu

Degrees Held

  • Ph.D., University of Arizona
  • M.A., University of Texas at El Paso
  • B.A., Our Lady of the Lake University

Research Interests

  • Evaluation of educational reform efforts
  • Assessment of learning outcomes
  • English language learners
  • Social contexts of motivation

Courses Taught

  • EDUC 78 - Psychology of Human Development: Children & Adolescents in a Diverse Society
  • EDPL 222 - Advanced Inquiry Methods


Recent Publications/Presentations

Publications

López, F. A. (in press). Developmental considerations and acculturation of children: Measures and issues. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.

 

López, F. A., & Thompson, S. (in press). The relationship among measures of written expression using curriculum-based measurement and the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards at the middle school level. Reading and Writing Quarterly.

2008

López, F. A., & Good, T. L. (2008). The informal curriculum. In T. L. Good (Ed.) 21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

2007

Bauman, S., Steiner, R., & López, F. (2007). Graphical features of print questionnaires: Effect on responses of middle school students. Journal of School Counseling, 5.

 

Presentations

 

2008

López, F. (August, 2008). Educational policy and English language learner performance: NAEP and state assessments. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

 

López, F. (March, 2008). Acculturation and perceived scholastic competence. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

López, F., & Thompson, S. (February, 2008). Accuracy of teacher judgment: Writing CBM and state-mandated assessment. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

 

Thompson, S., & López, F. (February, 2008). Universal screening: Oral reading fluency versus word identification fluency. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

2006

López, F., & Thompson, S. (2006, October). The relationship of CBM writing data and AIMS writing scores at the middle school level. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Arizona Educational Research Organization, Phoenix, AZ.

2005

López, F., & Johnson, S. W. (2005, November). Childhood teasing and adult self-concept. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Texas Counseling Association, El Paso, TX.

 

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