Article of The Year Award for 2012

Each year, themembers of the Society for the Study of School Psychology select a Journal of School PsychologyArticle ofthe Year. The Article of the Year for 2012 is titledNonparametric Statistical Tests for Single-Case Systematic and RandomizedABAB…AB And Alternating Treatment Intervention Designs: New Developments, New Directions, and it was authored by JoelR. Levin, JohnM. Ferron, and Thomas R. Kratochwill. These authorswill receive a prize of $2,500 and a plaque at the 2013American Psychological Association convention. Another article, A Longitudinal Study of School Connectedness andAcademic Outcomes Across Sixth Grade, was selected for honorable mention. It was authored by Kate Niehaus, KathleenMoritz Rudasill, and Christopher R. Rakes. These authorswill receive a prize of $1,000 and a plaque at the 2013 AmericanPsychological Association convention. Two other finalist articles are also listed below in alphabetical order by the firstauthors’ last names. The members of the Society for the Study of School Psychology and the Journal of School Psychologyeditorial team commend these authors for producing such strong articles for the pages of the journal.

Article of the Year

Joel R. Levin, John M. Ferron, and Thomas R. Kratochwill. Nonparametric statistical tests for single-case systematic andrandomized ABAB…AB and alternating treatment intervention designs: New developments, new directions.

Honorable Mention

Kate Niehaus, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, and Christopher R. Rakes. A longitudinal study of school connectedness andacademic outcomes across sixth grade.

Finalists

Stephen Newton, Robert H. Horner, Bob Algozzine, Anne W. Todd, and Kate Algozzine. A randomized wait-list controlledanalysis of the implementation integrity of team-initiated problem solving processes.

Sherrie L. Proctor and Stephen D. Truscott. Reasons for African American student attrition from school psychology programs.

Journal of School Psychology 51 (2013) II

doi:10.1016/S0022-4405(13)00042-3

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