
Overview
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Elizabeth Cramer is Professor of Special Education and Graduate Program Director of Teaching and Learning. Her research is focused on the education of high-need children in inclusive urban settings. Her work explores opportunity and achievement gaps; the intersection of race, culture, language, poverty, and ability; collaboration with diverse family and faculty; data-based decision making; and placement issues and educational outcomes for diverse learners. Her research has led scholarly publications, national consultancies, and 12 federal grants totaling approximately $20 million in support of preparing diverse educators to work in urban settings with high-need students.
Dr. Cramer has served as an educational leader at local, state, and national/international levels. She serves on the Miami-Dade County Public School’s Superintendent’s Advisory Panel for Students with Disabilities. She is past president of both the Division of Diverse Learners of the Council for Exceptional Children and the Florida Council for Exceptional Children.
Dr. Cramer received her PhD in Special Education and Reading, her MSEd in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and Early Childhood Special Education, and her BA in Special Education and Psychology all from University of Miami. Previously, she taught special education in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
research interests
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Urban special education
Preparation of educators to effectively educate culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities within general education settings
Intersection of race, language, culture, poverty, and disability,
Disproportionate representation of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in special education,
Opportunity and achievement gaps, Parental involvement of families from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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Article
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2021Challenges of Urban Educators in Implementing State Standards for Students with DisabilitiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/00131245211004564 Web of Science: 000636523800001
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2018Are Teachers Ready? Preservice Teacher Knowledge of Classroom Management and ADHDFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12310-018-9259-2 Web of Science: 000441238600010
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2018Equity, Equality, and Standardization: Expanding the ConversationsFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0013124517713249 Web of Science: 000432057400004
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2016Comparison of Video Prompting with and Without Voice-Over Narration: A Replication with Young Children with AutismFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/bin.1456 Web of Science: 000386941600004
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2015Implementing Culturally Responsive Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports in Middle School Classrooms: Narrating the Experience of a Young Classroom Teacher Who Collaborates with an Experienced Special Education Teacher to Reduce Subtle Assumptions Filled with Cultural Bias, This Article Reveals Important Implications for Managing Student Behavior in More Productive and Culturally Sensitive WaysFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/00940771.2015.11461911
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2014Demystifying the Data-Based Decision-Making ProcessFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/01626620.2014.977690
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2014From Classmates to Inmates: An Integrated Approach to Break the School-to-Prison PipelineFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/10665684.2014.958962 Web of Science: 000212615700006
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2010The Continuum of "Troubling" to "Troubled" BehaviorFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0741932508327468 Web of Science: 000277213600001
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2006A Mixed Methodology Analysis of Co-Teacher AssessmentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/088840640602900406
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2006Challenges in the implementation of success for all in four high-need urban schoolsFull Text via DOI: 10.1086/503635
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Book
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Book Chapter
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2019Building School-Level Capacity Through a Problem-Solving Approach to Parental Engagement in a Large Urban Setting. 43-55.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6307-8_4 Web of Science: 000487718800005
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
- Lopes, Alexandre, Special and General Education Teachers’ Assessment of Their Participation in a Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) Program 2018
- Briggs, Princess, Teachers as Facilitators or Barriers of Parent Involvement: Experiences of African American Mothers of Children in Special Education Programs 2017
- Munoz, Lorena R, Using Culturally Responsive Teaching with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Specific Learning Disabilities to Increase Performance in Algebra I 2016
- Pellegrini-Lafont, Cynthia, Peers as an Academic Resource: An Investigation of an Afterschool Program to Socialize At-risk Students with Disabilities into Greater Academic Engagement 2016
- Taylor, Kristina M, A Descriptive Case Study Examining the Perceptions of Haitian American Parents and the Perceptions of their Children’s Teachers on the Parents’ Involvement in a Structured Parent Intervention Program 2016
- Phillips, Deidre Marshall, The Relationship Between Educational Placement, Instructional Practices, and Achievement Gains of Black Students with Specific Learning Disabilities in Secondary Urban School Settings 2012
- Barrocas, Lisa A, A Study of the Relationship Between Educational Placment and the Achievement of Urban Low Socioeconomic Hispanic Middle School Students With and Without Specific Learning Disabilities 2011
- Moores-Abdool, Whitney, The Use of Curriculum Modifications and Instructional Accommodations to Provide Access for Middle School Students with Autism to the General Curriculum 2011
- Bentolila, Jacques, Secondary School Inclusion Rates: The Relationship Between the Training and Beliefs of School Site Principals and the Implementation of Inclusion 2010
- Gonzalez, Liana, Class Placement and Academic and Behavioral Variables as Predictors of Graduation for Students with Disabilities 2010
- Gregoire, Josee, An Analysis of Haitian Parents' Perceptions of Their Children With Disabilities 2010
Research
principal investigator on
- Project EDUCATE awarded by U.S. Department of Education 2010 - 2015
- Project SPECIAL 2019-2024 (School Psychologists and Educators: Collaborative Interventions for All Learners) awarded by U.S. Department of Education 2019 - 2022
- INclusive Consortium of Leaders in Urban Disabilities Education (Project INCLUDE) 2019-2024 awarded by U.S. Department of Education 2019 - 2022
- Project TEACH LAB 2016-2021 awarded by U.S. Department of Education 2016 - 2022
- Project OPERATE 2015-2020 awarded by U.S. Department of Education 2015 - 2020
- Project PREPARE: Preparing Rigorous and Effective Professionals as Autism Researchers and Educators. CFDA 84.325K , focus area D awarded by U.S. Department of Education 2012 - 2019
- Parental Engagement in a Large, Urban School District for Students with Disabilities, English Language Learners, and Students at Risk for Academic Failure awarded by American Educational Research Assoc 2017 - 2018
- Least Restrictive Environments and Achievement for Students with Disabilities in a Large, Urban School District awarded by American Educational Research Assoc 2016 - 2017
- Professional Development Needs of Special Educators to Fully Implement the Mathematics and Language Arts Florida Standards for Students with Disabilities awarded by American Educational Research Assoc 2015 - 2016
- Project IMPRESS. awarded by U.S. Department of Education 2007 - 2013
- Project CREATE awarded by U.S. Department of Education 2007 - 2013
- Secondary Accommodations For Educators: Partnership of Arts and Sciences, Special and General Education. awarded by U.S. Department of Education 2004 - 2009
co-principal investigator on
- Project PEACE awarded by Office of Special Education Programs 2009 - 2013
- Project Plus: Preparing Leaders in Urban Special Education awarded by Office of Special Education Programs 2005 - 2011
- Project QUEST. awarded by U.S. Department of Education 2006 - 2011
Contact
full name
- Elizabeth Cramer
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8874-114X (confirmed)
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