Join us in 2026 for the Lenox M. Reed Seminar—an in-person deep dive into inspiring ideas and great networking!

Join Us for the 2026 Lenox M. Reed Seminar!

Get ready for an exciting in-person experience at the 2026 Lenox M. Reed Seminar. This year's event will featured an extended presentation from Dr. Jessica Toste, Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education and Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at Austin.

Lunch and ALTA CEU credits will be provided.

Session Description:

From Data to Action: Practical Decision-Making for Effective Reading Instruction

In this seminar, Dr. Jessica Toste will present a practical, research-aligned approach for using student assessment data to inform reading instruction and intervention. The session will focus on how different assessments—screening, progress monitoring, and diagnostic—each answer distinct instructional questions that guide decision-making. Dr. Toste will demonstrate how to interpret diverse data displays, analyze applied case examples, and apply structured decision-making tools.

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Jessica Toste is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education and Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. She holds research affiliations with the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and Center for Research to Community Impact. Her research is focused on methods for intensifying intervention for students with persistent reading challenges and reading disabilities. She is principal investigator on research grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Toste is the Editor-in-Chief of The Reading League Journal, associate editor for the Journal of Learning Disabilities, and served as President of both the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division for Research (DR) and Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD). Dr. Toste is an award-winning teacher; she is a member of UT Austin’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers (2025), recipient of the President’s Associates Graduate Teaching Excellence Award (2023), Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award (2022), and was named one of the 2017 “Texas 10” professors at UT Austin. She received the Floyd G. Hudson Outstanding Service Award from the Council for Learning Disabilities (2022) and was a fellow with the Research Institute for Implementation Science in Education (2022-2024). You can find her online at jessicatoste.com.