Dawn Decker, Ph.D.

Professor

SPE Unit Coordinator
Department of Counseling and Special Education

EHS Building 366
989-774-3561
pickl1dm@cmich.edu

Education
Ph.D. Educational Psychology with an emphasis in School Psychology
Doctoral minor in Child Psychology
Certificate in Disability Policy and Services University of Minnesota, June 2005
M.A. Educational Psychology University of Minnesota, December 2003
B.A. Psychology University of Michigan, April 2001

Research Interests
My research agenda focuses on two lines of inquiry:
1. Understanding how educational laws and policies affect historically “at-risk” student groups including students with disabilities, students who are English language learners, and students who are from racially and ethnically diverse student backgrounds
2. Examining how educational assessment (e.g., curriculum-based measurement) may be used to promote positive educational outcomes for diverse student populations.

Publications
Decker, D. M. (in press). Law, rules, regulations that affect current practice. In M. Burns (Ed.), Introduction to School Psychology: Controversies and Current Practice. New York: Oxford University Press.
Jacob, S., Decker, D. M., & Lugg, E.T. (2016). Ethics and Law for School Psychologists (7th Edition). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Doty, S. J., Hixson, M. D., Decker, D. M., Reynolds, J. L., & Drevon, D. D. (2015). Reliability and validity of advanced phonics measures. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 33, 1-19. DOI:10.1177/0734282914567870
Decker, D. M., Hixson, M. D., Shaw, A., & Johnson, G. (2014). Classification accuracy of oral reading fluency and maze in predicting large-scale reading assessments. Psychology in the Schools, 51, 625-635.

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