Willa van Dijk Ph.D.
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
Assistant Professor

Contact Information
Office Location: EDUC 328Phone: 435-797-7320
Email: willa.vandijk@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
PhD, Special Education, (Research Evaluation Methods; Linguistics), University of Florida, 2019 Dissertation
The relation between implementation fidelity of reading intervention and students’ reading outcomes.
- van Dijk, W., (2022). Academic Achievement: Disproportionality and Social Justice in Education . Springer
- van Dijk, W., (2021). Experimental Designs.: Research Methods in Special Education. Slack, Inc
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- van Dijk, W., (2024). Comparing Tier 1 reading instruction with Tier 3 intervention thorugh an observational snapshot of school-implemented Response to Intervention across grades 1-5. Reading and Writing
- van Dijk, W., (2024). Measuring Elementary Student Reading Gain in the Context of School-Implemented Multitiered Systems of Support. Remedial and Special Education, doi: 10.1177/07419325241268563
- van Dijk, W., (2024). Educational experiences of U.S. children during the 2020–2021 school year in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.. Developmental Psychology, 60:7, 1298-1312. doi: 10.1037/dev0001488
- van Dijk, W., (2024). Student behavior ratings and response to Tier 1 reading intervention: which students do not benefit?. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 17:3, 491-512. doi: 10.1080/19345747.2023.2194894
- Na, C., Clarke Midura, J., Shumway, J., van Dijk, W., Lee, V.R, (2024). Validating a performance assessment of computational thinking for early childhood using item response theory. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 40, 100650. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100650
- van Dijk, W., (2024). Special Education Researchers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Reported Use of Open Practices. Remedial and Special Education, doi: 10.1177/07419325241237268
- van Dijk, W., (2023). Meeting the Moment: Impact of TEACH Grant on US Undergraduate Education Degree Completion in High-Need Content Areas. Higher Education Policy, 36:3, 431-456. doi: 10.1057/s41307-022-00263-3
- van Dijk, W., (2023). Data Sharing for Randomized Controlled Trials in Social Work. Research on Social Work Practice, doi: 10.1177/10497315231186799
- van Dijk, W., (2023). A Targeted Review of Open Practices in Special Education Publications. Exceptional Children, 89:3, 238-255. doi: 10.1177/00144029221145195
- van Dijk, W., (2022). Screening screeners: calculating classification indices using correlations and cut-points. Annals of Dyslexia, 72:3, 445-460. doi: 10.1007/s11881-022-00261-5
- van Dijk, W., (2022). A how-to guide for open-science practices in special education research.. Remedial and Special Education, 43:4, 270-280. doi: 10.1177/07419325211019100
- van Dijk, W., (2022). Using twins to assess what might have been: The cotwin control design. Research on Social Work Practice, doi: 10.1177/10497315221120604
- van Dijk, W., Daucourt, M., Hart, S.A, (2022). Understanding heritability in the context of reading ability and instruction.. The Reading League Journal
- van Dijk, W., (2022). Exploring Individual Differences in Response to Reading Intervention: Data from Project KIDS (Kids and Individual Differences in Schools).. Journal of Open Psychological Data, 10, doi: 10.5334/jopd.58
- van Dijk, W., (2021). Assessing measurement invariance across multiple groups: When is fit good enough?. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 82:3, 482-505. doi: 10.1177/00131644211023567
- Shero, J., van Dijk, W., Edwards, A., Schatschneider, C., Solari, E., Hart, S.A, (2021). The practical utility of genetic screening in school settings.. npj Science of Learning, 6:12, doi: 10.1038/s41539-021-00090-y
- van Dijk, W., (2021). Why does construct validity matter in measuring implementation fidelity? A methodological case study. . Assessment for Effective Intervention, 47:2, 67-78. doi: 10.1177/1534508421998772
- van Dijk, W., (2021). A Systematic Review of Tier 1 PBIS Implementation in Alternative Education Settings. Behavioral Disorders, 46:4, 199-213. doi: 10.1177/0198742920915648
- van Dijk, W., (2021). Open Science in Education Science.. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 54:2, 139-152. doi: 10.1177/0022219420945267
- Schatschneider, C., Edwards, A., van Dijk, W., (2020). The methodology of the National Reading Panel report: Then and now.. The Reading League Journal, 3:1, 16-19.
- van Dijk, W., (2020). The brain and the US education system: Perpetuation of neuromyths.. Exceptionality, 28:1, 16-29. doi: 10.1080/09362835.2018.1480954
- van Dijk, W., (2019). The effectiveness of visual activity schedules for individuals with intellectual disabilities: A meta-analysis.. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 44:4, 384-394. doi: 10.3109/13668250.2018.1431761
- van Dijk, W., (2019). The relation between classroom management and mathematics achievement: A multilevel structural equation model. Psychology in the Schools, 56:7, 1173-1186. doi: 10.1002/pits.22254
- van Dijk, W., (2019). Morpheme frequency in English: Identifying high-utility morphemes for instruction.. Literacy Research and Instruction, 58:3, 184-209. doi: 10.1080/19388071.2019.1617375
- van Dijk, W., Parallel models of reading and math cognition. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
Other
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Teaching
SPED 5311 - Reading and Language Arts Interventions for Students with Disabilities, Fall 2024
SPED 5311 - Reading and Language Arts Interventions for Students with Disabilities, Fall 2024
EDUC 6050 - Applied Statistical Analysis, Spring 2024
EDUC 6050 - Applied Statistical Analysis, Spring 2024
SPED 5310 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts to Students with Disabilities, Spring 2024
SPED 5310 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts to Students with Disabilities, Spring 2024
SPED 5310 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts to Students with Disabilities, Spring 2024
SPED 5311 - Reading and Language Arts Interventions for Students with Disabilities, Fall 2023
SPED 5311 - Reading and Language Arts Interventions for Students with Disabilities, Fall 2023
SPED 5310 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts to Students with Disabilities, Fall 2023
SPED 5310 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts to Students with Disabilities, Fall 2023
SPED 6060 - Legal Issues in Special Education, Summer 2023
SPED 7820 - Seminar: Special Topics, Spring 2023
SPED 5311 - MM K-12 Reading and Language Arts: Content and Applications, Fall 2022
SPED 5310 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities, Fall 2022
SPED 5310 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities, Fall 2022
EDUC 6050 - Applied Statistical Analysis, Summer 2022
SPED 5311 - MM K-12 Reading and Language Arts: Content and Applications, Fall 2021
SPED 5310 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities, Fall 2021
Graduate Students Mentored
Esther Odunuga, Special Education & Rehab, August 2023
Otis Bitsuie, Melissa Garside, Special Education & Rehab, April 2023
Candace Higginbotham, Laura Lema, Special Education & Rehab, January 2023
Dixie Poulson, Robbie Cromwell, Special Education & Rehab, January 2022 - December 2023