• Co-organizer of the 1974 S.S.R.C. Conference on Language Input and Acquisition
  

  
  

• Reviewer of grant applications for:

  National Institute of Education

  Social Sciences Research Council of Great Britain

  Radcliffe College Bunting Fellows Program

  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

  Dutch Psychonomic Society

  National Institute of Education

  National Science Foundation

  Spencer/National Academy of Education doctoral fellowship program, ad hoc reviewer (1988-1992), member, Selection Committee (1992-1994)

  Ad hoc member, NIH Human Development and Aging Study Section, Biomedical Sciences Study Section

  Member, NIMH site visit teams (1984, 1986)

  March of Dimes

  Member, NIMH Mental Retardation Study Section, 1986-1989

Israeli-US Binational Science Foundation




•  Consultant to WGBH (Nova, Arthur, Between the Lions)
  
  
  
•  Consulting editor for:

  Developmental Psychology

  Child Development

  Language Learning

  Journal of Educational Psychology

  Journal of Speech and Hearing Research

  Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders

  Language and Speech

  Applied Linguistics

  Second Language Research

  Attitudes and Social Cognition

  Journal of Personality & Social Psychology
  
  
  

•  Member of Editorial Board:

  Journal of Child Language

  Applied Psycholinguistics

  Topics in Language Disorders

  Discourse Processes

  Journal of Research in Childhood Education

  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

  The Journal of Narrative and Life History

  Literacy: Scholarship, Policy and Practice

  Social Development

  International Journal of Bilingualism

Bilingualism: Language and Cognition



• Consultant on manuscripts for:

Academic Press, Cambridge University Press, University Park Press, Erlbaum,Heinemann,
Harvard University Press, MIT Press, Prentice Hall


• Editor: Applied Psycholinguistics, 1984 - 31 December 2001(with John Locke).
  
  
• Program Chair, New England Child Language Association, 1979-1981.
  
  
• International Association for the Study of Child Language, secretary (1981-1984), Member of the Executive Committee (1978-1990), president (1984-1987).
  
  
• Member, Board of Trustees, Ecole Bilingue, Arlington, MA, 1984-1988.
  
  
• Member, Nominating Committee, American Association for Applied Linguistics, l986.
  
  
• Co-director, Child Language Data Exchange System, 1983-1993.
  
  
• Center for Applied Linguistics, member of Board of Trustees (1993-1999), vicechair (1996-1999).
  
  
• Member, National Education Goal 1 Early Childhood Assessments Resource Group, 1995-96.
  
  
• Member, National Research Council Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited English Proficient and Bilingual Students, 1995-96.
  
  
• Chair, National Research Council Committee on Prevention of Reading Problems, 1995-1997.
  
  
• Member, Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA), National Research Council, 1997-2000.
  
  
• Member, BOTA Committee on Fair and Appropriate Test Use, 1997-1998.
  
  
• Member, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, 1999-2001.
  
  
• President, American Educational Research Association, 1999-2001.

• Chair, Rand/OERI Study Group to establish a National Research Agenda for Reading, 2000-2001.
  

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