Mary E. Little is professor and program coordinator in Exceptional Student Education at the University of Central Florida. She also serves as project director of multiple research and personnel preparation grant projects focused on school and teacher leaders' use of data-driven decision-making within university and inclusive, urban school settings.

Dena D. Slanda, senior technical assistance consultant at the American Institutes for Research, leads large-scale projects delivering tools, training, and services to state agencies, districts, and schools. She co-leads technical assistance for Lead IDEA and manages special projects for the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders and the Comprehensive State Literacy Development National Literacy Center.

Elizabeth D. Cramer is Distinguished University Professor of Special Education and graduate program director of Teaching and Learning at Florida International University. Her research is focused on the education of high-need children in inclusive urban settings, and her work explores opportunity and achievement gaps and collaboration among diverse stakeholders.