College of Education
Lindy Crawford
Associate Dean/Associate Professor, Special Education
College of Education
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
(719) 262-4308
Lindy Crawford is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She received her Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Oregon in 2001. Her research interests include large-scale assessment programs, test accommodations and modifications for students with special needs, alternate assessments, and curriculum-based measurement. Dr. Crawford also leads a research team investigating teachers' use of effective instructional practices for English language learners. Currently, Lindy teaches and conducts inservice trainings on educational assessment, including use of curriculum-based measures within a Response to Intervention model.
Currently, Dr. Crawford conducts applied research in two areas:
- Educational assessment of students with and without
disabilities, and - Effective pedagogy for English language learners.
She has received funding from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the National Academy of Education, and the Colorado Department of Education to lead various research projects. Working with a team of researchers, Dr. Crawford is researching the impact of an online mathematics tutorial for middle school English language learners across four states.
She is also studing students' responses on the Colorado Student Assessment Program in Writing. Responses have been analyzed according to their quality and quantity of revisions and results disaggregated across grade-levels and educational classification.
Education
Ph.D., Special Education
University of Oregon - 2001
M.Ed., Special Education
Western Washington University - 1994
B.A., Special Education
Western Washington University - 1988
Teaching
SPED 4011; SPED 5011
Assessment and Instructional Monitoring
LEAD 570
Introduction to Research and Statistics
SPED 5091
Current Topics in Special Education
SPED 3002; SPED 5002
Professional Seminar in Special Education
Scholarship
Dr. Crawford is published in the Journal of Special Education, Exceptional Children, Educational Assessment, the Journal of Learning Disabilities, Exceptionality, Educational Administration Quarterly, and the Bilingual Research Journal. She is lead author on book chapters and articles addressing educational assessment of students with and without learning disabilities.
Currently Lindy is Principal Investigator on a research subcontract measuring the mathematics achievement of English language learners who use an online supplemental middle school mathematics program. This research project is led by Rocky Mountain PBS and spans five states.
Publications
- Teacher Perspectives
on Inclusion of Students with Disabilities
in High-Stakes Assessments
PDF Link - Crawford, L., Tindal, G., Carpenter, D. M. (2006).
Exploring the validity of the Oregon Extended Writing Assessment.
The Journal of Special Education, 40(1), 16-27
PDF Link - 2004 Colorado Student Assessment Program Alternate (CSAPA):
Interrater Reliability and Administration Fidelity
Grade 5 Math and Grades 7 & 10 Literacy
PDF Link - The Fail-Safe Schools Challenge:
Leadership Possibilities From
High Reliability Organizations
PDF Link - Effects of a Read-Aloud Modification
on a Standardized Reading Test
PDF Link - Alternate Assessments in Reading and Math:
Development and Validation for Students
With Significant Disabilities
PDF Link
Service
University
- Interm Chair, Department of Special Education
- Member, Campus Student Achievement and Assessment Committee
- Chair, Assessment Committee,
College of Education
Community
- Member, Editorial board of Remedial and Special Education,
an elected board member of a national evaluation organization: CREATE - Board Member, Resources for Families and Young Children
State / National
- In the summer of 2005 Lindy worked with a federally appointed task force to create a conceptual model for the valid inclusion of all students with disabilities in state assessments.
- Currently she is working on a state-appointed board to provide recommendations to state legislators related to the assessment of students with disabilities.