Evaluating Educational Interventions, Second Edition

T. Chris Riley-Tillman, PhD, is Associate Provost and Professor of School Psychology at the University of Missouri–Columbia. He is a Senior Advisor for the National Center on Intensive Intervention, a Fellow of Division 16 (School Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA), and a member of the Society for the Study of School Psychology. He is also the creator and lead developer of the Evidence Based Intervention Network, a nonprofit website that contains intervention and assessment resources for educational professionals developed by researchers. A recipient of the Tom Oakland Mid-Career Research Award from APA Division 16, Dr. Riley-Tillman has published over 86 journal articles and books on social behavior assessment, schoolwide service delivery, and single-case design. Matthew K. Burns, PhD, is The Rose and Irving Fein Endowed Professor of Special Education at the University of Florida and Assistant Director of the University of Florida Literacy Institute. He is a past editor of School Psychology Review and Assessment for Effective Intervention. Dr. Burns’s research focuses on the use of assessment data to determine individual or small-group interventions. A coauthor of the Path to Reading Excellence in School Sites (PRESS) reading intervention program, he has published over 210 articles, book chapters, and books. Stephen P. Kilgus, PhD, is Associate Professor of School Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he is Co-Director of the School Mental Health Collaborative. He has served as an associate editor of the Journal of School Psychology and Assessment for Effective Intervention. He is a recipient of the Lightner Witmer Award for early career scholarship and the Outstanding Dissertation Award from Division 16 (School Psychology) of the American Psychology Association. Dr. Kilgus has contributed to the development of school-based mental health assessments and interventions, including the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS) and the Resilience Education Program. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

List of Figures, Tables, and Forms
1. Introduction to Design and Analysis for Educational Intervention
2. The Nuts and Bolts of Single-Case Design
3. The Classic A-B-A-B Design
4. Complex Single-Case Designs
5. Visual Analysis and Interpretation Strategies for Single-Case Design
6. Advanced Empirical Analyses of Single-Case Data in Practice and Research
7. Brief Experimental Analysis
8. Single-Case Design for Research Purposes
9. A Response-to-Intervention Model Incorporating Experimental Design
Appendix A. Summarizing Data through Visual Presentation with Microsoft Excel
Appendix B. Sample Analysis Techniques with Microsoft Excel
References
Index