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Scott Ardoin is an assistant professor in the School Psychology Program of the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina. He obtained a Ph.D. in school psychology from Syracuse University, where he developed an interest in applied behavioral analysis, curriculum based measurement, academic assessment, and academic and behavioral interventions in elementary schools. After graduating, Dr. Ardoin returned to his alma mater, Louisiana State University, to complete a post doctorate work. The 2005-2006 academic year is his fourth year as an assistant professor at USC. Below is a description of my research interests

Assessment: With the passing of the House and Senate bills to reauthorize IDEA, I am interested in means of evaluating students' level of resistance to intervention. While evaluating students' resistance to intervention is a promising technique for determining special education eligibility, substantial research and training is needed so that schools can make accurate decision regarding the quality of their curriculum and the extent to which a student is responding to intervention..

One major improvement would be the development of curriculum-based measurement reading probes that are equivalent in level of difficulty. It is vital that the changes in fluency observed are due to changes in skill rather than changes in passage difficulty.

Recently, along with Dr. Morris ( an associate professor in the USC Experimental Program) I have begun evaluating new procedures for assessing and monitoring the progress of students in Adult Basic Education programs who have reading difficulties.

Intervention: Implementing an intervention that results in improvements during intervention sessions only is not sufficient. I have therefore been examining means of increasing the generalizability of reading interventions across time and settings through over-learning.

Handouts from Rocky Mountain Institute