Publications
The Regularity of High-Frequency Words (Sight Words): Teacher Phonetic Knowledge is Key
Miles, K.P. & Elde, D. & Butler, J. (2024) Reading Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2024.2379255
Improving Vulnerable Populations’ Emergent Reading Outcomes by Training Preservice Teachers in an Evidence-Based Program
Miles, K.P. & Fletcher, A. (2023) Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 37(3), 442-462
Maximizing Access to Reading Intervention: Comparing Small Group and One-to-One Protocols of Reading Rescue
Miles, K.P., McFadden, K.E., Colenbrander, D., & Ehri, L.C. (2022) Journal of Research in Reading 45(3), 299-323
Orthographic mapping facilitates sight word memory and vocabulary learning.
Miles, K. P., & Ehri, L. C. (2019) Reading development and difficulties: Bridging the gap between research and practice (pp. 63-82)
To see or not to see: How does seeing spellings support vocabulary learning?
Colenbrander, D., Miles, K.P., & Ricketts, J. (2019) Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 50(4), 609-628
Informal reading inventories and autism: Is there something more than just the assessment.
Lauterbach, M. & Miles, K.P. (2018) Good Practices in Autism, 19(1), 68-75
Reading Rescue: A follow-up on effectiveness of an intervention for struggling readers.
Miles, K.P., Lauterbach, M., Murano, D., & Dembek, G.A. (2018) Journal of Educational Research, 1-15
Associations between language and literacy skills and sight word learning for native and nonnative English-speaking kindergarteners.
Miles, K.P., McFadden, K.E., & Ehri, L. (2018) Reading and Writing, 1-24
Investigating writing performance and institutional supports among teacher candidates who transferred from community colleges.
Miles, K.P., Craigo, L., & Frey, S.G. (2018) Higher Learning Research Communication, 8(2), 35-54
Learning to read words on flashcards: Effects of sentence contexts and word class in native and nonnative English-speaking kindergartners.
Miles, K.P. & Ehri, L. (2017) Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 41, 103-113
Rethinking sight words: The interaction between students’ phonics knowledge and words’ spelling regularity.
Miles, K.P., Rubin, G. & Frey, S.G. (2017) The Reading Teacher, 71(6), 715-726
Mnemonic value of orthography for vocabulary learning in monolinguals and language minority English-speaking college students.
Miles, K.P., Ehri, L., & Lauterbach, M. (2016) Journal of College Reading and Learning, 46(2), 99-112
Mind the gap! Students’ use of exemplars and detailed rubrics as formative assessment.
Lipnevich, A. A., McCallen, L. N., Miles, K. P., & Smith, J. K. (2014) Instructional Science, 42(4), 539-559
Children will need summer tutors to make up for pandemic learning loss: One-on-one instruction can help them catch-up
Miles, K.P. & Meyer, D. (2021, March). The Hechinger Report.
Misconceptions about appropriate literacy instruction for young children
Miles, K.P. (2015, Nov.). International Literacy Association: Literacy Now Blog post.
All NYC public schools must use city-approved programs to help struggling readers next year aim to change that.
Zimmerman, Alex (2025, July.). Chalkbeat.
New York Democrats are Wasting an Opportunity to Reverse COVID Learning Loss
Suarez, Nic (2025, June.). Chalkbeat.
NYC wants to change the way students learn to read. Here’s how.
Zimmer, Amy & Johnson, Elena (2022, Aug.). Chalkbeat.
Half of NYC students are behind in reading. Hundreds of CUNY tutors aim to change that.
Zimmerman, Alex (2022, December.). Chalkbeat.