The ABCs of CBM

John L. Hosp, PhD, is Professor of Special Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research focuses on multi-tiered systems of support/response to intervention, including disproportionate representation of minority students in special education and aligning assessment and instruction, particularly in the areas of curriculum-based measurement and curriculum-based evaluation. Dr. Hosp has conducted workshops nationally and has authored over 50 journal articles, book chapters, and books.Michelle K. Hosp, PhD, is Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A nationally known trainer and speaker on problem solving and the use of progress monitoring data, she has served as Director of the Iowa Reading Research Center and as a trainer with the National Center on Progress Monitoring and the National Center on Response to Intervention, and is currently on the technical review committee for the National Center on Intensive Intervention. Dr. Hosp's research focuses on reading and on multi-tiered systems of support/response to intervention in relation to curriculum-based measurement and curriculum-based evaluation. She has published numerous articles, book chapters, and books.