Kathryn H. Au, PhD, associate professor, College of Education, University
of Hawaii, 1776 University Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96822.

Dr. Au received the PhD in educational psychology from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interest is the school literacy de-
velopment of students of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and she
has conducted many studies in classrooms with Native Hawaiian students.
Her focus in recent years has been on holistic instruction, including the
process approach to writing, literature-based instruction, and portfolio as-
sessment. She has a continuing interest in culturally responsive instruction
and its relationship to students' literacy achievement.

Jacquelin Carroll, MEd, 2525 Makauli'i Place, Honolulu, HI 96816.

Ms. Carroll is a curriculum developer at Kamehameha Schools, working
with elementary school teachers in the area of language arts instruction. She
has taught special education classes for students in Grades 7-12. Her re-
search interests include student goal-setting and self-evaluation, portfolio as-
sessment, and teacher development. Ms. Carroll received her MEd in edu-
cational psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

David H. Cooper, PhD, associate professor, Department of Special Educa-
tion, 1308 Benjamin Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
20742.

Dr. Cooper's specialty area is early childhood, with emphasis on primary-
grade students who have, or are at risk for, learning and behavioral disabili-

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