Author Team

Destination Reading is built on scientifically based research, and has been developed in collaboration with noted authors who have years of experience in the field of reading.

Victoria Purcell-Gates, Professor of Education, at Michigan State University, is a renowned authority on literacy acquisition and development in the context of families, communities, and schools. She is the winner of the Grawemeyer Award and the author of over a hundred scholarly articles and presentations as well as several books, including the moving account of one boy's efforts to learn to read, One People's Words (Purcell-Gates, 1995).

Joseph M. Walters was the former director of assessment for the Destination Solutions. He has over 20 years of experience in educational research and development, and is an authority on intelligence, creativity, and assessment. He is also the author of numerous scholarly papers and several commercial software products.