Samuel O. Ortiz, PhD - St. John's University

PRESENTATION FROM:

Research Meeting:  Fairness in Educational and Psychological Tests: Issues and Solutions
October 12-13, 2017

Hosted by the Buros Center for Testing with conference grant funding from American Educational Research Association (AERA)
      
LENGTH: 17 minutes

PRESENTER BIOGRAPHY: 

Samuel Ortiz, PhD. is Professor of Psychology at St. John's University, New York.  He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Southern California and a credential in school psychology with postdoctoral training in Bilingual School Psychology from San Diego State University. He has served as Visiting Professor and Research Fellow at Nagoya University, Japan, as Vice President for Professional Affairs of APA Division 16 (School Psychology), as a three-term member and in his final year as Chair of APA’s, Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment, as member of the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education, as representative on the New York State Committee of Practitioners on English Language Learners and Limited English Proficient Students, and recently completed service on the APA Presidential Task Force on Educational Disparities. Dr. Ortiz serves or has served on various editorial boards including Journal of School Psychology, School Psychology Quarterly, Journal of Applied School Psychology, Psychology in the Schools, and Journal of Cognitive Education. Dr. Ortiz trains and consults nationally and internationally for various federal, state, regional, and local educational agencies, conducts and supervises research in the schools, and has published widely on a variety of topics including nondiscriminatory assessment, evaluation of English learners, cross-battery assessment, and learning disabilities. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles, chapters, and books including “Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: A practical guide,” “Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, 3rd Edition,” and Cross-Battery Assessment Software System (X-BASS v1.0 and v2.0).  Dr. Ortiz was elected to membership in the Society for the Study of School Psychology (SSSP) in 2007.  Dr. Ortiz is bilingual, Spanish, and bicultural, Puerto Rican.