Joanne Yatvin is an American public school educator.
Formerly a president of the National Council of Teachers of English,[1] she was a member of the National Reading Panel (1997-2000), mandated by the US Congress to assess different methods of literacy education.
[citation needed] She published a "minority report" separately, saying that panel members lacked integrity.
[2] She taught at Portland State University.
[1] Her research has included the study of the relation between speech manipulation and reading comprehension.