As a Senior Research Scientist and Instructional Designer at CAST, Tracey Hall specializes in alternative assessment and instructional design grounded in effective teaching practices. Dr. Hall serves as Director of Curriculum for the CAST-led National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum. She is also co-principal investigator for the U.S. Department of Education Steppingstones of Technology Innovation grant, "Thinking Writer for Science: A Technology-based Approach for Writing to Support Students with Disabilities."

Dr. Hall received her Ph.D. in special education from the University of Oregon. Her work over the past two decades has focused on curriculum-based measurement, teacher development, and curricula and instruction for special needs students. Before joining CAST, Dr. Hall was an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University in the Department of Educational and School Psychology and Special Education, where she co-directed the OSERS-funded Model Demonstration project, "Reading and Intensive Learning Strategies (RAILS): A Model of Early Reading Instruction with Progress Monitoring." She has been a special education teacher and administrator in public schools in Oregon. More recently, she has provided consultation at the national and international levels.

Selected Publications

Hall, T. E., Worrell, F., & Watkins, M. (2004). Exporting school psychology to a developing country: A case study of Trinidad and Tobago. 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Education, Waikiki, HI (2004, January).

Guinee, K., Eagleton, M. B., & Hall, T. E. (2003). Adolescents’ Internet search strategies: Drawing upon familiar cognitive paradigms when accessing electronic information sources. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 29(3), 363-374.

Dolan, R.P. & Hall, T.E. (2001). Universal Design for Learning: Implications for large-scale assessment. International Dyslexia Association Perspectives, 27(4), 22-25.

Hall, T. E., &. Hughes, C. A (2001). Computer assisted instruction for students with reading disabilities: A research synthesis. Education and Treatment of Children, 23 (2), 173-193.

McNaughton, D., Hall, T. E., & Maccini, P. (2000) Case-based instruction in special education teacher preparation: Practices and concerns of teacher educator/researchers. Teacher Education and Special Education.

Hall, T. E. (1998). Monitoring minority student progress in special education using curriculum-based outcomes assessment. Diagnostique, 23 (3), 141-166.