Research


Current Appointment

Assistant Research Scientist (August 2024-Present)
Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity (MILE) at the University of Maryland, College Park

Published Manuscripts

Reno, E.A., Choi, S., Price, M., & Smith, R.A. (in press). Technical features of sentence-level writing curriculum-based measures and language sample analysis for emergent bilingual elementary students.

Choi, S., Reno, E.A., An., J., Shanahan, E., Lembke, E., & McMaster, K.L. (2025). Exploring latent writing profiles and their connection to intervention responsiveness. Learning and Individual Differences, 124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102790
Reno, E.A., Choi, S., McMaster, K.L., & Shanahan, E. (2025). Technical features of sentence-level curriculum-based measures and language sample analysis for students with writing difficulties. Journal of Learning Disabilities. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00222194251361902 
Shanahan, E., Choi, S., An, J., Casey-Wilke, B., Birinci, S., Roberts, C., & Reno, E.A. (2024).
Effects of data-based individualization with ongoing teacher support: A meta-
analysis. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 58(1), 3-18.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00222194241271335

Shanahan, E., Birinci, S., Alghamdi, A., Reno, E.A., Lembke, E., & McMaster, K.L. (2024).
Sustained use of data-based writing instruction before and during the COVID-19
pandemic. Journal of Educational Psychology, 116(7), 1196-1214. 
https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000864 
Shanahan, E., Reno, E.A., Chandler, B., Novelli, C., Choi, S., An, J., & McMaster, K.L. (2024). Effects of writing instruction on the reading outcomes of elementary students with literacy difficulties: A meta-analysis. Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-024-10527-6 
Reno, E.A., & McMaster, K.L. (2024). Measuring linguistic growth in sentence-level writing curriculum-based measures: Exploring complementary scoring methods. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 55(2), 529-544. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_LSHSS-23-00056 
Hwang, H., Orcutt, E., Reno, E.A., Kim, J., Harsch, R.M., McMaster, K.L., Kendeou, P., & Slater, S. (2023). Making the most of read-alouds to support primary-grade students’ inference-making. The Reading Teacher, 77(2), 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2226 
Sayeski, K.L., Reno, E.A., & Thoele, J.M. (2022). Specially designed instruction: Operationalizing the delivery of special education services. Exceptionality: A Special Education Journal, 31(3), 198-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/09362835.2022.2158087 

Manuscripts Under Revision or Review

Choi, S., McMaster, K.L., Hwang, H., Kim, N., Reno, E.A., Fulsher, A., An, J., Guha, M., Slater, S., Mergen, R. Pizzigallo, E., & Kendeou, P. (under revision). Exploring relations of student and video characteristics with kindergarteners’ inference-making.

Reno, E.A., Choi, S., An, J., Shanahan, E., & McMaster, K.L. (under review). Fostering collaborative writing interventions using writing curriculum-based measures. 

Manuscripts in Preparation

Shanahan, E., An, J., Reno, E.A., Choi, S., Shen, L., & McMaster, K.L. (in preparation). Comparing AI, expert, and teacher graph interpretation in data-based decision-making. 
An, J., Espinas, D., Reno, E.A., Kim, N., Choi, S., Shanahan, E., & McMaster, K.L. (in preparation). Examining linguistic abilities from children’s word dictation responses.

An, J. Espinas, D., Reno, E.A., Choi, S., & McMaster, K.L. (in preparation). Examining changes in spelling error profiles for early struggling writers after receiving data-based instruction: A latent transition analysis. 

Selected Presentations

Reno, E.A., & Choi, S. (2025, March 14). Tracking language growth in struggling writers using a complementary scoring mechanism for writing curriculum-based measures [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children, Baltimore, MD, United States. 
Reno, E.A. (2024, December 5). Measuring sentence-level written language using complementary language sample analysis and writing curriculum-based measure scoring mechanisms [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Seattle, WA, United States. 

 Reno, E.A. (2024, September 20). Supporting comprehensive, school-based oral and written language practice through writing curriculum-based measurement. [Invited oral presentation]. University of Maryland Language Science Day, College Park, MD, United States. 
Reno, E.A., Thoele, J.M, & Chandler, B. (2024, March 14). Navigating co-occurring learning challenges: A mini course [Poster presentation]. Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Reno, E.A. (2024, March 1). Measuring foundational language through sentence-level writing curriculum-based measures. [Invited oral presentation]. University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Graduate Student Research Day. Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Reno, E.A. (2024, February 2). Measuring the written language skills of students with writing difficulties: A complementary scoring method for sentence-level writing curriculum-based measures [Poster presentation]. Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, CA, United States.
Thoele, J.M., & Reno,E.A.(2023, July 24). Specially designed instruction: Operationalizing the delivery of special education services [Poster presentation]. Office of Special Education Programs Leadership and Project Directors’ Conference, Washington, DC, United States.
Reno, E.A. & Shanahan, E. (2023, March 3). Measuring underlying linguistic growth in sentence-level writing curriculum-based measures [Poster presentation]. Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Louisville, KY, United States.

Reno, E.A. (2023, February 2). Measuring underlying linguistic growth in sentence-level writing curriculum-based measures [Poster presentation]. Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, CA, United States.
 Reno, E.A. (2023, January 27). Measuring underlying linguistic growth in sentence-level writing curriculum-based measures [Poster presentation]. University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Graduate Student Research Day. Minneapolis, MN, United States.

Yang, H., Gray, S., Reno,E.A., Parikh, A., Brinkley, S., Hogan, T., Alt, M., & Green, S. (2014, November). Do children with dyslexia have a phonological short-term memory deficit? [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Orlando, FL, United States.