Dr. Jessica Toste is an associate professor in the Department of Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin. She holds research affiliations with the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and the Texas Center for Equity Promotion. Her program of research is focused on understanding how best to support students’ reading development. Her work investigates methods of intensifying interventions for students with persistent reading challenges and reading disabilities (RD), including (a) data-based instruction and (b) targeting psychosocial processes, such as motivation and self-determination. She is the principal investigator of research grants from the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. To learn more about Dr. Toste's work, visit her website at www.jessicatoste.com.
