Associate Professor #SPED at UT Austin. Researcher in Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and Texas Center for Equity Promotion. Director #TosteTeam. McGill University alum. Riot grrrl in an academic world. (she/her) www.jessicatoste.com https://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3mglr2g6se222Hope to see folks at the Museum of Illusions on Thursday evening! 🥳 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2026 01:59 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglr2g6se222https://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3m6f4cu2smk2s📌 "McMahon’s argument that no one would miss the Department of Education depends on several assumptions [...]. These assumptions do not align with the lived reality of American families." https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/11/24/trump-shutting-down-department-education-students-disabilities/87379150007/24 Nov 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6f4cu2smk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3m5hiddpvwc2vOur #IDARE team invites contributors who have existing datasets from reading intervention studies, specifically experimental studies of K-12 supplemental reading interventions! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Nov 2025 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hiddpvwc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3m5cl5onobc24Nominations due on Saturday, November 15! ⬇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Nov 2025 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cl5onobc24https://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3m5ac5hvz2c2tDon't miss out! Only a few days left to register for our upcoming #WordConnections webinar series. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Nov 2025 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ac5hvz2c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3m57y5kpwac2cThanks for sharing, @megankruse.bsky.social! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Nov 2025 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57y5kpwac2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3m2z27bnrok2fJoin us for our #WordConnections webinar series. We'll explore implementation of this research-based, targeted intervention to support students' reading of complex words! #TosteTeam #BigWords #ScienceOfReading 📅 Nov 13 + Dec 4 | 💻 Live Online 🔗 Register: tosteteam.simpletix.com12 Oct 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2z27bnrok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lz7eexirs22oWe did an adorable #TosteTeam photoshoot for our fall 2025 back to campus series. These folks are the best part of my job! 🤘🏼🧡19 Sep 2025 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7eexirs22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lz7e4lpnus2xNominate your favorite special education researcher for a 2026 CEC-DR Award! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7e4lpnus2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3ly2436k5ak2sWe’re hiring! Come work with us in the Department of Special Education at UT Austin. Scholar in special education or related fields, without restrictions on rank or specific research program. Apply here: faculty.utexas.edu/career/168004 #WhatStartsHere04 Sep 2025 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly2436k5ak2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lw6adjmoc22iChallenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2025 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw6adjmoc22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lvvkvgjiqs2dReleased yesterday. Increased control over federal grants and the direction of science. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/improving-oversight-of-federal-grantmaking/08 Aug 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvvkvgjiqs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lvqvgneiss2sWe want your thoughts on themes and topics that are of interest to the readership of The Reading League Journal and friends of @thereadingleague.org. Share your ideas below! 👇🏼06 Aug 2025 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqvgneiss2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lusl6ctcjc2d🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 Catch up on new #TosteTeam pubs! Jason Chow (@jchow.bsky.social) and I wrote this article for a special issue of Educational Psychologist. We highlight special education as a field that has prioritized the generation of scientific evidence to guide decision-making. 1/325 Jul 2025 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lusl6ctcjc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3ltzfrzemic2cSubmissions for 2026 @aeraedresearch.bsky.social are due July 25! Join your colleagues and friends in Los Angeles in April 2026. To learn more and submit, visit: https://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting/2026-Annual-Meeting-Call-for-Paper-and-Session-Submissions [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltzfrzemic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lp5v45sjac2v👇🏼 Tomorrow afternoon! Join us! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2025 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5v45sjac2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3loylrmovf224🖤 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3loylrmovf224https://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lo4nvmgtis2rSo cool! @planetworddc.bsky.social is THE BEST museum. I went there with our 4th grader in the fall and we loved it. We had only two hours to visit and could have stayed much longer. 🤓🔤 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4nvmgtis2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lnvz2h5tnc2vThere is a corrected version of our article online today! This correction is thanks to a literacy specialist across the country who read the article and noticed an error. I'm so grateful for bright, engaged educators who make my work better! Open access here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10534512251314361 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2025 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnvz2h5tnc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lnqhtx227k2y🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 I’m behind in sharing new #TosteTeam pubs! New article in Learning Disability Quarterly. We report findings from brief experiment of the unique contribution of spelling practice, specifically Cover-Copy-Compare, on multisyllabic word reading for students with dyslexia. 1/326 Apr 2025 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqhtx227k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lndyyzgrvc22Yay! 🥳 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndyyzgrvc22https://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lmzpob6z4225I may be accepting ONE additional PhD student in fall 2025! Four-year funding package. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents for this funding opportunity. Must have an interest in intensive reading intervention. Reach out if interested! 📤 jrtoste@austin.utexas.edu [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzpob6z4225https://bsky.app/profile/jessicatoste.bsky.social/post/3lmwyznotxk22Joining forces with @thereadingleague.org as the new Editor-in-Chief of The Reading League Journal! I transitioned into the role in December, but the upcoming spring issue will make it officially official as the first issue under my editorship. Woohoo! #ItTakesALeague 🤓📝📚 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/noted-reading-scholar-jessica-toste-phd-appointed-editor-in-chief-of-the-reading-league-journal-302429453.html?tc=eml_cleartime&fbclid=IwY2xjawJsuW5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHu8jEw_qNUrCk4sy_-CHw0NCicE05i-Bf6Ba-vtrkTJ0O2FhQc0qZtCBw7Yo_aem_Z8OaLMuy1OpCGVGTahd2hQ16 Apr 2025 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:2f3fjvzccwrls2u2wwrbkinn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwyznotxk22