Marilyn J. Adams, BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA

W. Steven Barnett, Graduate School of Education and Center for Early Education Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Margaret R. Burchinal, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center and Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Adriana G. Bus, School of Education, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

David K. Dickinson, Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA

Dionne R. Dobbins, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC

Anne Haas Dyson, School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Linda B. Gambrell, School of Education, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Javier Gayan, Institute for Behavioral Genetics and Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

James Paul Gee, Department of Reading, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI

Virginia Goatley, Department of Reading, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY

Claude Goldenberg, College of Education, California State University, Long Beach, CA

Usha Goswami, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK

Carol Scheffner Hammer, Department of Communication Disorders, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Suzannah Herrmann, doctoral student, School of Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Elfrieda H. Hiebert, School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Marcia A. Invernizzi, School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Peter H. Johnston, Department of Reading, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY

Christopher J. Lonigan, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Elizabeth Manlove, Department of Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Leigh Ann Martin, doctoral student, School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Anne McGill-Franzen, School of Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Adele Miccio, Department of Communication Disorders, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

Lesley Mandel Morrow, Department of Learning and Teaching, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Susan B. Neuman, School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Rebecca S. New, Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Richard K. Olson, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO

A. D. Pellegrini, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Donald J. Richgels, Department of Literacy Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Joanne E. Roberts, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center and Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Allied Health Professions, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Rebecca Rogers, Department of Education, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Kathleen Roskos, Department of Education, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH

Terry Salinger, Pelavin Research Center, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC

Donna M. Scanlon, Department of Reading and Special Education, College of St. Rose, Albany, NY; Child Research and Study Center, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY

Hollis S. Scarborough, PhD, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

Catherine E. Snow, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Kimberley E. Sprague, Center for Children and Families, Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA

Steven A. Stahl, Department of Reading Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Dorothy S. Strickland, Department of Reading, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Patton O. Tabors, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Frank R. Vellutino, Department of Psychology; Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology; Program in Linguistics and Cognitive Science; and Child Research and Study Center, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY

Lynne Vernon-Feagans, College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Barbara Hanna Wasik, School of Education; Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center; and Center for Home Visiting, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Rita Watson, School of Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Grover J. Whitehurst, Department of Psychology, University at Stony Brook, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY