The Institute for Learning and Development (ILD) and Research ILD are multi-disciplinary organizations dedicated to providing clinical services, teacher training, and research specializing in learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders. They leverage this unique research to support learners of all types. Research ILD authored the Strategies for Testing Success research and design models. They will serve as executive advisors on an ongoing basis for the BrainCogs initiative and the professional development opportunities.

With tremendous credentials and reputation in the academic world, Dr. Lynn Meltzer and Dr. Bethany Roditi are both dedicated to promoting the Testing Strategies product(s). Their "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" carries a great deal of equity in the educational community.

ILD Goals: To disseminate their research, content, and practical tools on a wider basis and create a revenue stream to support ongoing research.

Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D.

Dir. of Assessment & Research, Institute for Learning & Development, Lexington, MA Adjunct Associate Professor, Tufts University Dept of Child Study Associate in Education Harvard University Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D. is Director of Assessment and Research at the Institute for Learning and Development and Research ILD (The Research Institute for Learning & Development) in Lexington, MA. She also holds appointments as an Associate in Education at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Tufts University Department of Child Study. Her extensive publications and professional presentations include articles, chapters, and books relating to the assessment and treatment of learning difficulties with an emphasis on the importance of problem-solving and learning strategies. One of her current projects, Strategies for Test Success, focuses on the development and evaluation of study and test-taking strategies. Dr. Meltzer is the founder and chair of the national Learning Disorders Conference, now in its 15th year at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. She is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Learning Disabilities and the Learning Disabilities Quarterly. She is also a Vice-President (Fellows) of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities.

Her most recent books are titled Strategy Assessment and Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: From Theory to Practice (published by Pro-Ed), and Strategies for Success: Classroom Teaching Techniques for Students with Learning Problems (co-authored with Bethany Roditi, Donna Haynes, Kathleen Rafter Biddle, Michele Paster, and Susan Taber, also published by Pro-Ed). Together with her colleagues, she is currently working on a book for teachers and parents that provides practical strategies for improving the learning process in school and at home.

Bethany Roditi, Ph.D.

Co-Founder/Director of Education Institute for Learning and Development & Research ILD, Lexington, MA Dr. Roditi is co-founder and Director of Education of the Institute for Learning and Development and Research ILD in Lexington, MA. She provides assessment, educational therapy, and consultation to children, adolescents, and adults with learning difficulties. She also consults extensively to public and private schools throughout the United States and Canada. Dr. Roditi’s research, publications, teacher-training, and school outreach has focused on assessment, strategy instruction, and prevention of learning problems in the area of mathematics. Previously, she was the Assistant Director of the Learning Laboratory at the Center for Applied Special Technology, and she was a psychoeducational diagnostician at The Children’s Hospital. She also served as the Coordinator of Special Education for the Concord-Carlisle (MA) Regional School District and taught mathematics at Concord-Carlisle High School. Dr. Roditi received her Ph.D. in Applied Child Development from the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study at Tufts University. Recently, she has authored a chapter in the book entitled Strategy Assessment and Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: From Theory to Practice (Meltzer, 1993). She is also a major author of Strategies for Success: Classroom Teaching Techniques for Students with Learning Problems (Pro-Ed, 1996) a strategy instructional manual for addressing multiple learning profiles in today’s inclusive classroom.