Ryan J. Kettler

Research Assistant Professor in Special Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005

Joined faculty in 2008

Short Biography

Ryan J. Kettler is a research assistant professor in the department of Special Education. He received a doctorate in educational psychology, with a specialization in school psychology, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005.

Ryan’s dissertation, Identifying students who need help early: Validation of the Brief Academic Competence Evaluation Screening System, won the 2006 Outstanding Dissertation award from the Wisconsin School Psychologists Association.

Prior to joining Vanderbilt University, Ryan was an assistant professor at California State University, Los Angeles, and completed an APA-accredited internship at Ethan Allen School in Wales, Wisconsin.

He has worked on multiple federally-funded grants examining the effectiveness of alternate assessments, academic and behavioral screening systems and testing accommodations. Ryan is the author of peer reviewed publications and presentations within the broader area of data-driven assessment for intervention, representing specific interests in academic and behavioral screening, test development, reliability and validity issues and intervention evaluation.

Ryan currently serves as a consultant to several states’ departments of education, as well as to College Board, providing expertise in the area of alternate assessment.

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