FACULTY VITA
Jan Perney, Ed.D., North Shore Campus
Professor X2252
Department of Educational Foundations and Inquiry National College of Education
Areas of Professional Expertise
Empirical/Analytic (Quantitative) Research Methods
Statistical Analysis
Test Development (Validity and Reliability Studies)
Academic Degrees and Professional Preparation
Ed.D. Indiana University, Educational Psychology 1974
M.S. Indiana University, Secondary Education 1971
B.A. Washburn University, Mathematics 1968
Professional Experience
Teaching
1989-present National College of Education, National-Louis University, Evanston, IL, Professor
1985-1989 National College of Education, National-Louis University, Evanston, IL, Associate Professor
1976-1984 National College of Education, National-Louis University, Evanston, IL, Unranked
1974-1976 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, Assistant Professor
1968-1970 Mathematics teacher, Cathedral High School, Indianapolis, IN
Courses Taught at NLU/NCE
ESR500 Introduction to Graduate Research
ESR501 Research for Teachers
ESR502 Statistical Methods in Education
ESR503 Research Design Analysis
ESR507 Graduate Research: Empirical/Quantitative
ESR545 Evaluation of Educational Programs
ESR602 Doctoral Research Design and Analysis
ESR603 Advanced Statistics and Design
ESR612 Empirical/Analytic Research I
ESR616 Empirical/Analytic Research II
XXX599 Masters Thesis in Education
Administration
Summer 2007 Program Coordinator and Acting Chairperson, Educational Foundations and Inquiry
2006-2007 Program Coordinator, Educational Foundations and Inquiry
Summer 2006 Program Coordinator and Acting Chairperson, Educational Foundations and Inquiry
Summer 2005 Program Co-Coordinator and Co-Chairperson, Educational Foundations and Inquiry
Summer 2004 Program Coordinator and Department Chair, Educational Foundations and Inquiry
Fall 2003 Program Coordinator, Educational Foundations and Inquiry
2001-2002 Coordinator, Educational Foundations and Research Program Team
2000-2001 Co-Coordinator, Educational Foundations and Research Program Team
1991-1994 Head, Division of Learning, Development and Social Inquiry
1976-1991 Chairperson, Department of Educational Foundations and Research
Consulting
2005-Present Evaluator, Community Arts in Education Project
2005-2006 Evaluator, Roots of Language and Literacy Project
2005-2006 Evaluator, Arts Impacting Achievement Project
2004-2006 Evaluator, Adventure of the American Mind Project
2003 with Elizabeth Oyer, Evaluator for Year 1 Evaluation Reports for the NCLB Ed
Tech grant-funded projects in Illinois.
2003 ETA Cuisenaire, Vernon Hills, IL.
2000-Present Kohl Children’s Museum, Glenview IL
2000 Wilmette School District #39, Wilmette, IL
1999 with Oyer, E., & Ravid, R., SPSS Workshop, Wheeling, IL
1999 Schaumberg School District #34, Schaumburg, IL
1997 with Ravid, R, Mannheim School District #83, Mannheim, IL
1996-1998 Better Learning Technics, Deerfield, IL
1996-1997 with Richard, N., Chicago Department of Human Services, Chicago, IL.
1995-1997 with Ravid, R., Wilmette School District #39, Wilmette, IL
1995-96 Wilmette Public Schools, Wilmette, IL
1989-91 with Ravid, R.,Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, IL
1989 Wilmette School District #39, Wilmette, IL.
1987-89 Glenview School District, Glenview, IL
1985-Present Scholastic Testing Service, Bensenville, IL
1985 School District 64, Park Ridge, IL.
1982 Hadley School for the Blind, Winnetka, IL.
1980-81 Motorcycle Safety Board, Lycanthium, MD
1977 Regional Service to the Low Incidence Handicapped, Skokie, IL
1976-77 School District 108 and 111, Highland Park, IL
Training/Workshops
1991-92 Scoring of Writing Samples for the Illinois State Goal Assessment Program; Round Lake School District, Round Lake, IL; Fox Lake School District, Fox Lake, IL; South Pekin School District, Pekin, IL.
1989-90 Learning Assessment Programs; Oak Lawn-Hometown, Oak Lawn, IL and Brimfield School District, Brimfield, IL.
1989 Development of the School Readiness Test (2nd Edition); Wilmette Kindergarten Department, Wilmette, IL,
1977 Fair Test Design; Annual Meeting of the Illinois Lutheran Educational Association, Zion, Illinois.
Other
1983-1997 Proposal Reviewer, National Council on Measurement in Education.
1976-1997 Proposal Reviewer, American Educational Research Association, Division of Measurement and Research Methodology
1978-1988 Director of Controlled Testing Center established by the Psychological Corporation at National College of Education
Service to National-Louis University
2007-2008 | Chair, Graduate Admission and Retention Council |
2005-2007 | Chair, Search Committee for Educational Foundations and Inquiry |
2005-2006 | Member, Graduate Admission and Retention Council |
2005-2007 | Member, Search Committee for Educational Leadership |
2004-2005 | Member, Provost’s Faculty Advisory Committee |
2003-2006 | Member, National College of Education Promotion and Tenure Committee; Chair (2004-2006) |
2001-2002 | Co-Chair of National College of Education |
2001-2002 | Coordinator of Foundations and Research Program Area Team |
2000-2001 | Co-Chair Elect and Co-Secretary of National College of Education Faculty |
2000-2001 | Member, National College of Education, Committee on Committees |
2001 | Member, Search Committee for Foundations and Research |
2001 | Co-Coordinator of Foundations and Research Program Area Team |
2000 | Member, Provost and Faculty Senate Joint Task Force on Performance Review for Tenured Faculty |
1999-2002 | Member, National College of Education Promotion and Tenure Committee |
1999-2000 | Co-Chair, Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Promotion and Tenure Issues |
1999-2001 | Member, Institutional Research Review Board |
1999 | Member, Search Committee for Foundations and Research |
1999, Winter, Spring | Acting Department Chair, Foundations and Research |
1999-2001 | Mentor for one full-time and two adjunct faculty in Foundations and Research |
1998 | Member, Search Committee for Foundations and Research |
1998 | Member, Search Committee for Educational Psychology |
1998 | Member, Committee to Revise the ESR507 Qualifying Exam |
1998 | Member, Committee to Revise the Doctoral Student Handbook |
1997 | |
1997-2001 | Member, Special Education Program Area Team |
1997-1999 | Research Advisor for the Reading Recovery Program at NLU |
1996-1999 | Chair, Institutional Promotion and Tenure Committee (1997-1998) ; Member, (1996-1997, 1998-1999) |
1996 | Member, National College of Education Core Course Revision Committee |
1996 | Member, Search Committee for Foundations and Research |
1995 | Chair, Faculty Senate Sabbatical Committee |
1993-1996 | Chair, National College of Education Promotion and Tenure Committee (1993-1995); Member (1995-1996) |
1993-1994 | Member, Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Performance Review, Tenure and Promotion |
1993-1994 | Member, National College of Education Doctoral Research Core Revision Committee |
1991-1993 | Member, National College of Education, Dean Search Committee |
1989-1990 | Member, National College of Education, Restructuring Committee |
1989-1990 1976-1977 | Chair, Graduate Ad Hoc Committee on Core Courses (1976-1977); Member (1989-1990) |
1985-1989 | Member, Initial Academic Rank Committee |
1984-1989 | Chair, NCATE Subcommittee (1984, 1989); Member (1985-1988) |
1982-1983 1976-1979 | Chair, Graduate Evaluation Committee (1977-1979); Member (1976, 1982-1983) |
1982-1986 | Chair, Tenure Committee (1983-1984; Secretary (1984-1985); Member (1982-1983, 1985-1986) |
!981-1982 | Chair, Graduate Faculty, National College of Education |
1980-1982 | Secretary, Faculty Senate, (1980-1981); Member (1981-1982) |
1979-1981 | Chair, Graduate Admissions and Retention Council, National College of Education (1979-1981) |
1978-1981 | Chair, Graduate Appointments Committee, National College of Education (1979-1981); Member (1978-1979) |
1977-1980 | Chair, Graduate Committee on Committees, National College of Education (1978-1980); Member (1977-1978) |
1979-1980 | Member, School Psychology Doctoral Planning Committee |
1978-1988 | Director, Controlled Testing Center, National College of Education for the Psychological Corporation |
1978 | Chair, Faculty Association Nominating Committee |
1977-1978 | Member, Faculty Association Social Committee |
1976-Present | Advisor, Masters Thesis Committees and Doctoral Dissertation Committees (1985-Present) |
1976-1978 | Chair, Graduate Constitution Committee, National College of Education (1977-1978); Member (1976-1977) |
Presentations
Helm, J., Trieschmann, M. & Perney, J. (Accepted for presentation, November, 2007). The effectiveness of professional development on the Project Approach in changing teacher attitudes and classroom environments. Poster Session to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Chicago, IL.
Perney, J. & Trieschmann, M. (2007). The effectiveness of professional development on the Project Approach in changing teacher attitudes and classroom environments. Presented at the Chicagoland Project Approach Summer Institute, Glenview, IL.
Hanly, M., Perney, J. & Ramirez, A. (2007, May). Community partnerships: Serving children and families with diverse ethnic and linguistic backgrounds. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Children’s Museums, Chicago, IL.
Helm, J., Perney, J. & Trieschmann, M. (2007). The effectiveness of professional development on the Project Approach in changing teacher attitudes and classroom environments. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL.
Perney, J. & Trieschmann, M. (2005). Preparing early childhood educators to implement project-based learning in Chicago Public School pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms. Paper presented at the Conference of the Midwest Association of Teacher Educators. West Lafayette, IN.
Wolff, S., Weinberg, R., & Perney, J. (2002). Middle school students’ attitudes, perceptions and knowledge of school violence. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL.
Morris, D., Bloodgood, J., & Perney, J. (2001). Monitoring the course of reading acquisition: Kindergarten through first grade. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Capella-Santana, N. & Perney, J. (2000). Who fails the Illinois Basic Skills Test? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Illinois Association for Teacher Education, Wheaton, IL.
Perney, J. & Ravid, R. (2000). Examining assessment skills of faculty in two higher educational institutions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Perney, J. (1999). Making sense of school data: Multiple perspectives on at-risk intervention and analysis projects. Discussant for a presentation at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Orlando, FL.
Perney, (1998). Predicting success for “at-risk” readers: Choices in data analysis. Presented to the Literacy Studies Colloquium, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Morris, D., & Perney, J. (1997). Predicting which children will succeed in an early reading intervention program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
Perney, J., & Ravid, R. (1997). Assessment skills of community college faculty. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association,
Chicago, IL.
Perney, J. (1996). Using a writing sample to predict success in masters programs in education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American EducationalResearch Association, New York, NY.
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1995). Therapeutic homework: The meaning and use of client-generated artifacts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychologists, Minneapolis, MN.
Perney, J. (1995). How effectively can a writing sample predict success for students in a Master of Education program? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Perney, J. (1994). Using writing samples to predict success in a graduate College of Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED374 701.)
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1991). A survey of adolescents' major concerns and perceived resources. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Dallas, TX.
Ravid, R., & Perney, J. (1990). Relationship between attitudes toward statistics, test anxiety and student's academic performance in an introductory graduate level quantitative research course. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, MA.
Exner, J., Constantino, G., Huberty, T., Knoff, H., Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1989). Utilizing personality assessment within the school context: From assessment to intervention. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1989). Development of the Children's Apperceptive Story-Telling Test. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychologists, Minneapolis, MN.
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1989). Diagnosing childhood disorders with the Children's Apperceptive Story-Telling Test. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Boston, MA.
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1988). The Children's Apperceptive Story-Telling Test: Therapeutic implementation of metaphor. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1988). Validity and reliability of the Children's Apperceptive Story-Telling Test. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1988). Validity and reliability of the Children's Apperceptive Story-Telling Test. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL.
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1988). The use of metaphor as a diagnostic tool with children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Counseling and Development, Chicago, IL.
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1988). Validity and reliability of the Children's Apperceptive Story-Telling Test. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Illinois School Psychologists Association, Peoria, IL.
German, D., & Perney, J. (1987). Criterion-related validity of the National College of Education Test of Word Finding. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
Morris, D., Nelson, L., & Perney, J. (1984). Observing spelling performance: Validating the concept of spelling instructional level through analysis of error types. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference Annual Convention, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.
Perney, J., & Morris, D. (1984). Validity and reliability of the Vowel Matching Test. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.
Warwick, R., Perney., J., Benzinger, T., Paulson, C., & Yastrow, S. (1982). The effects of situational leadership training on principals in three public school districts. Training session presented at the National Conference of the National Council of States on Inservice Education, Atlanta, GA.
Warwick, R., Perney, J., Benzinger, T., Paulson, C., & Yastrow, S. (1982). The effects of situational leadership training on principals in three public school districts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Warwick, R., Perney, J., & Benzinger, T. (1981). The influence of situational leadership training on teacher perception of principal leadership style and effectiveness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Des Moines, IA.
Perney, J., Chute, O., Harris, J., & Bowser, S. (1981). Evaluation of the orientation and follow-up phases of the Head Start Training Program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Des Moines, IA.
Morris, D., & Perney, J. (1980). The relationship between kindergartners' concept of word and their phoneme segmentation ability. Paper presented at the National Reading Association Conference, San Diego, CA.
Warwick, R., & Perney, J. (1979). Training programs for educational leaders: A view of the past, present, and future. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Illinois Association for Educational Research, Evaluation and Development, Bloomingdale, IL.
Warwick, R., & Perney, J. (1979). Training programs for educational leaders: A view of the past, present and future. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Kalamazoo, MI.
Perney, J., Lubera, G., & Germano, D. (1978). Evaluation of the Mulitmedia Ethnic Heritage Kits. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Illinois Association for Educational Research, Evaluation and Development, Bloomingdale, IL.
Perney, J. (1978). Musical tasks related to the development of conservation of metric time. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.
Perney, J., Freund, J., & Barman, A. (1977). Television viewing: Its relationship to early school achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Illinois Association for Educational Research, Evaluation and Development. Bloomingdale, IL. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 153 723)
Perney, J. (1977). The relation of university faculty turnover to faculty compliance with departmental grading and publishing practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Perney, J., & Huynh, H. (1977). Adaptation of the Spearman-Brown formula for the kappa reliability index in domain-referenced testing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Huynh, H., & Perney, J. (1976). Determination of mastery scores when instructional units are linearly related. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Perney, J. (1975). The Student Opinion Inventory: An attitude toward school instrument. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
Publications
Books
Chapters
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1992). Children's Apperceptive Story-Telling Test: Social-emotional assessment. In L. VandeCreek, S. Knapp & T. Jackson (Eds.), Innovations in clinical practice: A source book, Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.
Perney, J., & Schneider, M. (1989). The development and standardization of the CAST. In M. Schneider, Children's Apperceptive Story-Telling Test. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
Articles
Morris, D., Bloodgood,J. & Perney, J. (2003). Kindergarten predictors of first- and second-grade reading achievement. The Elementary School Journal, 104(2), 93-125.
Morris, D., Bloodgood, J. Lomax, R. & Perney, J. (2003). Developmental steps in learning to read: A longitudinal study in kindergarten and first grade. Reading Research Quarterly, 38(3), 302-328.
Morris, D., Tyner, B. & Perney, J. (2000). Early Steps: Replicating the effects of a first-grade reading intervention program. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(4), 681-693.
McClellan, M., Schneider, M. & Perney, J. (1998). Rating (life task action) change in journal excerpts and narratives using Prochaskas, DiClemente and Norcross’ Five Stages of Change. Journal of Individual Psychology, 54(4), 546-559.
Perney, J., Morris, D., & Carter, S. (1997). Factorial and predictive validity of first graders' scores on the Early Reading Screening Instrument. Psychological Reports, 81, 207-210.
Morris, D., Nowacek, J., Blanton, L., Blanton, W., & Perney, J. (1995a). Teaching low-achieving spellers at their "instructional level". The Elementary School Journal, 96(2), 163-177.
Morris, D., Blanton, L., Blanton, W., & Perney, J. (1995b). Spelling instruction and achievement in six classrooms. The Elementary School Journal, 96(2), 145-162.
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1993). A survey of adolescents' major concerns and perceived resources. The Peer Facilitator Quarterly, 10(3), 28-31.
Morris, D., Shaw, B., & Perney, J. (1990). Helping low readers in grades 2 and 3: An
after-school volunteer tutoring program. The Elementary School Journal, 91(2), 133-150.
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1990). The development of the Children's Apperceptive Story-Telling Test. Psychological Assessment, 2(2), 179-185.
Schneider, M., & Perney, J. (1989). The Children's Apperceptive Story-Telling Test: An apperceptive technique for the practitioner. Social-Emotional Assessment/Intervention Interest Group, National Association of School Psychologists, Newsletter, 5(2), 2-10.
German, D. & Perney, J. (1987). Content, construct and criterion-related validity of the National College of Education Test of Word Finding (TWF). Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 54(4), 387-400.
Morris, D., Nelson, L., & Perney, J. (1986). Exploring the concept of "spelling instructional level" through the analysis of error types. The Elementary School Journal, 87(2), 181-200.
Klanderman, J., Perney, J., & Kroeschell, Z. (1985). Comparisons of the K-ABC and WISC-R for LD children. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 18(9), 524-527.
Perney, J., & Morris, D. (1984). Validity and reliability of the Vowel Matching Test. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 44, 359-363.
Morris, D., & Perney, J. (1984). Developmental spelling as a predictor of first grade reading achievement. The Elementary School Journal, 84(4), 441-457.
Warwick, R., Perney, J., Benzinger, T., Paulson, C., & Yastrow, S. (1983). The effects of situational leadership training on principals in three public school districts. Mid-WesternEducational Researcher, 5(1), 16-26.
Warwick, R., Perney, J., Benzinger, T., Paulson, C., & Yastrow, S. (1982). The effects of situational leadership training on principals in three public school districts. (Abstract) Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 4(1), 50.
Perney, J. (1980). Research courses pivotal to graduate study. Foster McGaw Graduate School Quarterly, National College of Education, 2(2), 9.
Perney, J., & Warwick, R. (1980). The design of programs for educational leadership. North Central Association Quarterly, 54(3), 365-372.
Perney, J. (1979). Review of Criterion-referenced measurement by W. James Popham. Journal of Educational Measurement, 16, 139-141.
Perney, J., Freund, J., & Barman, A. (1979). Television viewing and early school achievement (Abstract). Reading Research Quarterly, 14(3), 420.
