Authors and Experts
Renaissance Learning continually seeks the advice of many highly acclaimed experts to ensure that our programs are well-designed, thoroughly research-based, and provide the most meaningful, useful data that educators can easily understand and use to make data-driven decisions. Some of these experts include the following:
- Matthew K. Burns, Ph.D. (RTI)
- Jim McBride, Ph.D. (Psychometrics)
- Edward S. Shapiro, Ph.D. (RTI)
- Thomas P. Hogan, Ph.D. (STAR)
- Joseph F. Kovaleski, D.Ed. (RTI)
- James Ysseldyke, Ph.D. (Math, RTI, Special Education)
- Damian Betebenner, Ph.D. (Growth Modeling)
- Allan Odden, Ph.D. (Educator Effectiveness)
- Margaret Heritage, Ph.D. (Learning Progressions, Formative Assessment, and Educator Effectiveness)
- Roger Farr, Ph.D. (Reading Instruction and Intervention)
- Ken Voss, Ph.D. (Mathematics)
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