The ABCs of Cbm, First Edition: A Practical Guide to Curriculum-Based Measurement Paperback - 2006

Michelle K. Hosp, PhD, is a Research Associate in the Department of Special Education at the University of Utah. She earned her doctorate in education and human development from the Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University and her master's in school psychology from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her research focus is on using curriculum-based measurement (CBM) to inform instruction in the area of reading. Dr. Hosp has been using CBM and conducting trainings for more than 10 years and is also a trainer for the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring.

John L. Hosp, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Teacher Education at Florida State University and Research Faculty at the Florida Center for Reading Research. He has a master's degree in school psychology from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a doctorate in education and human development from the Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University. His research interests include disproportionate representation of minority students in special education, aligning assessment with intervention, and the design and implementation of response to intervention (RTI). Dr. Hosp has used CBM extensively in his own practice as a school psychologist and has trained educators in several states to use CBM and DIBELS.

Kenneth W. Howell, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Special Education at Western Washington University. Dr. Howell has published extensively in the areas of curriculum-based evaluation (CBE), CBM, and evaluation. His primary areas of research interest are problem solving, RTI, CBE, CBM, and school violence. A former special education teacher and school psychologist, Dr. Howell is well known in both fields as a speaker and trainer.