Academic Skills Problems, Fourth Edition

Edward S. Shapiro, PhD, until his death in 2016, was Director of the Center for Promoting Research to Practice and Professor in the School Psychology Program at Lehigh University. Best known for his work in curriculum-based assessment and nonstandardized methods of assessing academic skills problems, Dr. Shapiro was author or coauthor of numerous books. He also developed the widely used BOSS (Behavioral Observation of Students in Schools) software system and presented papers, chaired symposia, and delivered invited addresses at conferences around the world. Dr. Shapiro's contributions to the field of school psychology have been recognized with the Outstanding Contributions to Training Award from Trainers of School Psychologists, the Distinguished Contribution to School Psychology Award from the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, the Eleanor and Joseph Lipsch Research Award from Lehigh University, and the Senior Scientist Award from the Division of School Psychology of the American Psychological Association, among other honors.

1. Introduction
2. Choosing Targets for Academic Assessment and Remediation
3. Step 1: Assessing the Academic Environment
4. Step 2: Assessing Instructional Placement
5. Step 3: Instructional Modification I: General Strategies
6. Step 3: Instructional Modification II: Specific Skills Areas
7. Step 4: Progress Monitoring
8. Academic Assessment within a Response-to-Intervention Framework
9. Case Illustrations