Douglas Fisher

Douglas Fisher, PhD is a professor of language and literacy education in the Department of Teacher Education at San Diego State University and a classroom teacher at Health Sciences High and Middle College.  He is the recipient of an International Reading Association (IRA) Celebrate Literacy Award, the Farmer Award for excellence in writing from the National Council of Teachers of English, and a Christa McAuliffe award for excellence in teacher education. He is also a member of the California Reading Hall of Fame.

Fisher has authored and/or co-authored numerous articles on improving student achievement as well the books Creating Literacy-rich Schools for Adolescents (with Gay Ivey), Checking for Understanding (with Nancy Frey), and Content-Area Conversations (with Carol Rothenberg and Nancy Frey). He is a board member of the Literacy Research Association (formerly the National Reading Conference).  He is a co-author of two laminated reference guides, Formative Assessment in Elementary Schools and Formative Assessment in Secondary Schools, published by National Professional Resources, Inc./Dude Publishing.

http://www.fisherandfrey.com