Publications:

Simmons, J. (2003). "Responders are Taught Not Born. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 49 (8), 684-693.

Simmons, J. & McLaughlin, T. (2003). "Longer, Deeper, Better".
Teaching English in the 30, 416-427.

Simmons, J. (2000).You Never Asked Me to Read: Useful Assessment of Reading
and Writing Problems, Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Simmons, J. (1997). "Attack of the Killer Baby Faces: Gender Similarities in
Third Grade Writing". Language Arts, 74, 116-123.

Simmons, J. (1996a). "What Writers Know with Time". Language Arts, 73, 48-51.

Simmons, J. (1996b). "Control the Purpose, Not the Contents: Coaching the Creation of Teaching Portfolios".  Action in Teacher Education, 18(1), 71-81.

Simmons, J. (1992a). "Don't Settle for Less in Large-Scale Writing Assessment".  I
n Goodman, K., Goodman, Y & Bird, L. (Eds.)  The Whole Language Catalog Supplement on Authentic Assessment. Santa Rosa, CA: American School Publishers.

Simmons, J. (1992b). "Portfolios for Large-Scale Assessment".  In Graves, D.H. & Sunstein, B.S. (Eds.), Portfolio Portraits. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books, Inc.

Simmons, J. (1992c). "Students Teach Me What to Write".  In Dahl, K. (Ed.),
Teacher as Writer: Entering the Professional Conversation. Urbana, IL:
National Council of Teachers of English.

Grants:

Brockton (MA) Public Schools
Reading in the Content Areas
READ Excellence Grant
Lowell, MA, Public Schools
Expert Provider