About SpringMath's author

Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden is a policy adviser and thought leader who actively conducts research focused on improving learning outcomes for students. She is credited with developing models of academic screening that are widely used in schools, conducting innovative research in mathematics screening and progress monitoring using mastery measurement, and the creation of SpringMath.

In addition to publishing ten books and over 100 scholarly articles and chapters, she regularly delivers webinar, panel and keynote sessions, including addresses to state school psychology associations and state departments of education in 36 states, Singapore, China, Portugal, and Australia.

She has also served as a panel member for NIH, standing panel member for IES at the U.S. Department of Education, an adviser and reviewer for NCII, USAID, the IRIS center, the Dyslexia Foundation, and numerous state departments of education. Dr. VanDerHeyden has served on a number of boards, including the RTI Advisory Board for the National Center for Learning Disabilities and SEDL, one of 10 regional laboratories funded by the U.S. Department of Education (since merged with the American Institutes for Research).

Dr. VanDerHeyden has authored a number of policy guides and position statements and delivered testimony on the use of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) MTSS and Response to Intervention (RTI) to identify students for special education. She is President of Education Research & Consulting in Daphne, Alabama, and has a faculty affiliation with the Wheelock College of Education at Boston University.

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 Areas of expertise

• Math intervention

• Screening and assessment

• RTI/MTSS

Biography

• Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden

Research

• Google Scholar Profile

• ResearchGate Profile

• Research Paper: Innovation Configuration for Mathematics (PDF)

• Reliability of Computer-Based CBMs Versus Paper/Pencil Administration for Fact and Complex Operations in Mathematics

• Decision Accuracy of Commonly Used Dyslexia Screeners Among Students Who are Potentially At-Risk for Reading Difficulties

• Strategies to Help Students Solve Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

• Valid Outcomes for Screening and Progress Monitoring: Fluency is Superior to Accuracy in Curriculum-Based Measurement

Books

• The RTI Approach to Evaluating Learning Disabilities, Second Edition

• Supporting Math MTSS through SpringMath. Your guide to driving math mastery.

Downloads and assets

• Image: Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden headshot

• Videos: Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden shares the story of SpringMath and answers your commonly asked questions

Articles

• It's amazing how fragile good practices are: Enabling effective intervention implementation by Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden, SpringMath author

• Rigorous data collection can mean a lot of things, but requires frequent and targeted assessment by Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden, SpringMath author

Webinars & podcasts

• Video: Improving Math Learning Outcomes: What Really Works, Education Week's K-12 Essentials Forum Math Foundations for All

• Podcast: Math Mastery for Every Single Student

• Video: Data Behind SpringMath

• Video: "Preventing Siloed Implementation" - Character Strong's Not Your Typical MTSS Summit

• Podcast: The Science of Math with Amanda VanDerHeyden

• Podcast: Why so many students can't master math

Media coverage

• Four Steps to Implement RTI Correctly, Education Week

• Keeping Special Ed in Proportion, Education Week

• Implementing RTI in Mathematics, RTI Action Network

• New math initiative helps local students succeed, WILX 10

• Kindergarten math is often too basic, Math Achievement

• Should More Time Be Spent Learning Math Facts?,  Teaching Strategies

 Previous events

• Pragmatic How-to for Math Intervention, STRAIGHT TALK by the Experts  

• Lessons Learned in 15 Years of MTSS, AASA

• Math MTSS, OK RTI Session 

• Let's Do What Works — Keynote, IPTC 2016