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Department
Special Education
Office Location
404 Wyatt
Mailing Address
Peabody #228
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203-5721
Direct Phone
615-322-2538
Fax Number
615-343-1570
Email Address
Stephen N. Elliott
Professor of Special Education and Dunn Family Chair in Educational and Psychological Assessment; Interim Director, Learning Sciences Institute
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1980
Research Area
Assessment of children's social skills and academic competence; development of testing accommodations and alternate assessment methods for evaluating the academic performance of students with disabilities; and the design and evaluation of school-based interventions for students at risk academically.
Short Biography
Prior to coming to Vanderbilt, Steve was on faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was the Associate Director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and a member of the leading School Psychology program in the country.
He currently co-directs two USDOE research grants concerning (a) the effectiveness of interventions for students at-risk for reading and behavior problems and (b) the design and validation of alternate assessments for students with disabilities. Steve also directs Peabody College's Interdisciplinary Program in Educational Psychology.
Steve has been a productive scholar, authoring more than 120 journal articles, 20 books, and 4 widely used behavior-rating scales. His scholarly and professional contributions have been recognized by his colleagues in school psychology as evidenced by being the 1984 recipient of the Lightner Witmer Award from Division 16 within the American Psychological Association, by being elected to Fellow status in four APA divisions, and being appointed editor of School Psychology Review (1984-1990) for two terms.
Steve frequently consults with educators on the assessment and instruction of K-12 students and served on the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Education Goals 2000 and Students with Disabilities during 1995-1997. He currently serves on the U.S. Department of Education's technical advisory panels for the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the National Alternate Assessment Study. He is the Director of the Peabody Interdisciplinary Program in Educational Psychology.
Additional Information
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Areas of Expertise
Special Education
Assessment
Psychology and Human Development