Publications
Zegers, M., Siebert, J. M., Durán, L., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2026). Linguistic and orthographic factors affecting item difficulty in Spanish word and pseudoword reading tasks. Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-026-10818-0
Gutiérrez, N., Siebert, J. M., Zegers, M., Catts, H., Petscher, Y., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2026). Differential impact of pandemic-era kindergarten on oral language and early literacy in first grade. Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-026-10797-2
Siebert, J. M., Gomez, D., Silverman, R., & Domingue, B. W. (2025, December). California’s adoption of reading difficulties risk screening: Scientific evidence and policy relevance. Policy Analysis for California Education. https://edpolicyinca.org/publications/californias-adoption-reading-difficulties-risk-screening
Durán, L., Zegers, M., Siebert, J. M., Zopluoglu, C., Jasso, J., Pratt, A., Pei, F., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2025). Innovations in conceptual scoring of a bilingual expressive vocabulary measure. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-24-00524
Durán, L., Siebert, J. M., Zegers, M., Gutiérrez, N., Pei, F., Catts, H., Petscher, Y., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2025, May 28). Comparing the performance and growth of linguistically diverse and English-only students on commonly used early literacy measures. Journal of Learning Disabilities. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00222194251339470
Siebert, J. M., Zegers, M., Durán, L., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2025). Development and evaluation of a linguistically fair reading screener for California’s multilingual student population (Version 2) [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jhtxz
Irey, R., Silverman, R. D., Pei, F., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (in press). The importance of early reading screening. Phi Delta Kappan.
Siebert, J. M., Bell, P., Gutiérrez, N., Zegers, M., Falke, E., Domingue, B., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2024). Differences in reading screening accuracy by percentile cutoff and English proficiency: Feature selection and group-wise prediction evaluation [Preprint]. EdArXiv. https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/kswau
Durán, L., Siebert, J. M., Zegers, M., Gutiérrez, N., Pei, F., Catts, H., Petscher, Y., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (under review). The difference between English learners’ and English-only students’ performance and growth on commonly used reading screening tasks. Journal of Learning Disabilities.
Ramamurthy, M., Kanopka, K., Richie-Halford, A., Domingue, B., Pei, F., Bell, P., & Yeatman, J. D. (in preparation). Design and validation of a rapid visual processing measure for screening reading difficulties in early childhood.
Ramamurthy, M., Richie-Halford, A., Kanopka, K., Hartsough, A., Osuna, K., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., & Yeatman, J. D. (2023). Can a gamified, rapid, online assessment of letter encoding ability in kindergarten and first grade children predict future reading development? Journal of Vision, 23(9), 5858–5858.
Presentations
Upcoming Presentations
Zegers, M. (2025, October). Listening, writing, and screening: Linguistic pathways in bilingual learners and students with dyslexia. Symposium presentation at the International Dyslexia Association Annual Conference.
Zegers, M. (2025, November). Language and reading outcomes of bilingual students with disabilities in English-only and dual-language educational contexts. Symposium presentation at the ASHA Convention, Washington, DC, United States.
Zegers, M. (2025, November). Features affecting item difficulty in an elision assessment: Evidence for English and Spanish. Poster presentation at the ASHA Convention, Washington, DC, United States.
Recent Presentations
Alfaro, J., Murphy, H., & Zegers, M. (2025, July). Introducing Multitudes—Equitable reading screening for California’s multilingual students. Symposium presentation at the CABE Multilingual Education and Dual Language Institute.
Siebert, J. M., Zegers, M., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2025, June). Spanish-English cross-linguistic and bilingual predictions of reading risk. Paper presented at the 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
Zegers, M., & Siebert, J. M. (2025, June). Advancing bilingual narrative assessment: Enhancing NSP measure for fair and effective evaluation of natural language use. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism.
Zegers, M., & Durán, L. (2025, May). Developing a narrative production task for universal screeners: Calibration results from a Spanish-English bilingual sample. Symposium presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting.
Siebert, J. M., Zegers, M., Durán, L., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2025, April). Developed for and with Californian children: A reading screener for Spanish-English multilinguals. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO, United States.
Durán, L., Siebert, J. M., Zegers, M., Gutiérrez, N., Pei, F., Catts, H., Petscher, Y., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2024, May). Innovations in bilingual expressive vocabulary screening using conceptual scoring. Presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development Anti-Racism Summit, Panama City, Panama.
Zegers, M. (2024, April). Parental involvement and the Multitudes project: Inspiration from Latino/e families and LAC. Presentation at Supporting Dual Language Learners in Early Education Programs, Berkeley, CA, United States.
Siebert, J., Jasso, J., & Zegers, M. (2024, April). Linguistically equitable reading screening: Bias analyses and universal item design. Symposium presentation at the National Council on Measurement in Education, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Durán, L., Zegers, M., Zopluoglu, C., & Pei, F. (2024, February). Conceptual scoring of expressive vocabulary in a new bilingual universal screening measure. Presentation at the Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA, United States.
Durán, L., Zegers, M., Zopluoglu, C., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2023, July). It’s more than just the score: Understanding the critical role of language proficiency in the identification of dyslexia in multilingual students. Presentation at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Port Douglas, Australia.
Catts, H. W. (2022, November). Challenges in the early identification of dyslexia. Symposium presentation at the International Dyslexia Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, United States.