Timothy V. Rasinski, PhD, is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University. As a researcher, author, consultant, and presenter, he focuses on reading fluency and word study, reading in the elementary and middle grades, and readers who struggle. His research on reading has been cited by the National Reading Panel and published in Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Reading Psychology, and the Journal of Educational Research. He has also taught literacy education at the University of Georgia and was an elementary and middle school classroom and literacy intervention tea...