Martha Thurlow
Director, National Center on Educational Outcomes
Martha Thurlow is the Director of the National Center on
Educational Outcomes. In this position, she addresses the implications of
contemporary U.S. policy and practice for students with disabilities and English
Language Learners, including national and statewide assessment policies and
practices, standards-setting efforts, and graduation requirements. Dr. Thurlow
has conducted research for the past 35 years in a variety of areas, including
assessment and decision making, learning disabilities, early childhood
education, dropout prevention, effective classroom instruction, and integration
of students with disabilities in general education settings.
Dr. Thurlow has published extensively on all of these
topics, authoring numerous books and book chapters, and publishing more than 200
articles and reports. In 2003, she completed her 8-year term as co-Editor of
Exceptional Children, the research journal of the Council for Exceptional
Children, and is currently associate editor for numerous journals.
Contact: (612) 624-4826, or
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