Jake Downs
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Assistant Professor

Awards
2024 Emerging Scholar, 2024
Reading Hall of Fame
Publications | Book Chapters
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Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Downs, J., (2025). Exploring the Instructional Effectiveness of High-Growth K-2 Teacher Teams in Foundational Reading..
- Downs, J., (2025). Promoting Fluency Through Challenge: Repeated Reading With Texts of Varying Complexity..
- Downs, J., (2025). Complex text and fluency: Evaluating the read like us protocol with third and fourth grade students.
- Downs, J., (2024). A Multilevel Meta-Analysis of Synchronous Paired Oral Reading Techniques in Elementary Classrooms.
Professional Journal
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | MultiMedia
Audio
- Downs, J., (2026). Pragmatic Differentiation for Reading Acceleration with Dr. Sharon Walpole.. *
- Downs, J., (2025). AI and the Future of Writing Instruction with Dr. Steve Graham. *
- Downs, J., (2025). Does Science of Reading Legislation Improve Reading Outcomes with Dr. Katherine O’Donnell. *
- Downs, J., (2025). Evaluating Advanced Phonemic Awareness with Dr. Michael Coyne.. *
- Downs, J., (2025). Is Comprehension Instruction Getting Better? with Dr. Phil Capin . *
- Downs, J., (2025). Linking Automaticity, Vocabulary, and Text With Dr. Freddy Hiebert. *
- Downs, J., (2025). Morphology Instruction with Dr. Danielle Colenbrander. *
- Downs, J., (2025). Practices of Effective K-2 Teacher Teams with Dr. Jake Downs. *
- Downs, J., (2025). Science of Reading for English Language Learners with Dr. Steve Amendum.. *
- Downs, J., (2025). Stopping the Summer Slide with Dr. Blythe Anderson and Dr. John Strong. *
- Downs, J., (2025). Strategic Assessment Systems with Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller and Dr. Eunsoo Cho. *
- Downs, J., (2025). Transforming Comprehension: Main Ideas, Text Structures, and Teaching Techniques with Dr. Kay Wijekumar. *
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
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Teaching
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Spring 2026
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Spring 2026
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Fall 2025
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Fall 2025
ELED 3100 - ELED 3100 - Elementary Classroom Reading Instruction, Fall 2025
TEAL 7323 - Literacy Education Teacher Training and Development, Spring 2025
TEAL, TEAL, TEAL, TEAL, TEAL, TEAL, TEAL, TEAL, TEAL, TEAL, TEAL 7323, 7323, 7323, 7323, 7323, 7323, 7323, 7323, 7323, 7323, 7323 - Literacy Education Teacher Training and Development, Spring 2025
TEAL 7323 - TEAL 7323 - Literacy Education Teaching Training and Development, Spring 2025
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Fall 2024
TEAL 7820 - Seminar: Special Topics in Teacher Education and Leadership, Summer 2024
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Spring 2024
ELED 4030 - Teaching Language Arts (CI), Fall 2023
ELED, ELED 4030, 4031 - Teaching Language Arts (CI), Fall 2023
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Spring 2023
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Spring 2023
Creative Works | Other
- Informational Writing and Academic Language, Other, Audio Podcast - 2024
Graduate Students Mentored
Ashlena Johnson, August 2026
Jessica Aiello, August 2024
Lacie VanDam, May 2024
Whitney Bowman, Teacher Education & Leadership, October 2023
Whitney Bowman, August 2022 - June 2025