Jim Ysseldyke is the Birkmaier Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. From 1990-1999 he served as director of the National Center of Educational Outcomes. The author of five major textbooks, Dr. Ysseldyke has published many book chapters and articles in professional journals, as well as an instructional environment and teacher evaluation scale. His research and writing focus on issues in assessing and making instructional decisions about students with disabilities. He has received awards for his research from the School Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, the American Educational… Research Association, and the Council for Exceptional Children. The University of Minnesota presented him a distinguished teaching award, and he received a distinguished alumni award from the University of Illinois.