Luke Duesbery is currently serving as assistant professor of special education at San Diego State University where he teaches classes in educational assessment and technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership (University of Oregon, 2007), his M.Sc.Ed in elementary/middle education (Old Dominion University, 1998), and his B.A. (Hons.) in economics and history (Queen's University, 1993). He holds both a teaching and administrative license in Oregon.

Luke Duesbery began his professional career as a 4th grade teacher of gifted and talented students. Since then he has taught elementary and middle school levels, gifted, regular, and special education. He is a licensed teacher and administrator. During his teaching career his focus has been on the integration of modern technologies in teaching. He has presented at local, state, and national conferences. His research interests include educational assessment and measurement in large-scale assessment, curriculum based measurement , the integration of technology in teaching, testing, and learning, and the instructional implications of data graphics assessment.

His areas of interest include item response theory, test accommodations, the visual display of quantitative information, data driven decision making, special education teacher and administrator training, and the assessment of graphical literacy. He is currently researching the impact of graphical specifiers from the perspective of student, item, and test performance.

Luke is the Program Chair for the American Educational Research Association's Research to Use Special Interest Group (SIG100). He is a member of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Division of Research (DR); the American Educational Research Association (AERA); the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME); and the American Psychological Association (APA).

Education
Ph. D. Educational Leadership, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
M. Sc. Education, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
B. A. (H). Economics/History, Queen's University, Kingston, ON

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