
Dr. Carrie Thomas Beck is the dyslexia specialist at the Oregon Department of Education. Prior to joining the department in January 2016, Dr. Beck worked as a research associate in the Center on Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon for 10 years. She developed and directed the center’s Reading Clinic from 2008 through 2013. At the clinic, she trained undergraduate and graduate students to provide research-based reading interventions to school-aged students from local districts. Dr. Beck also led the development of a reading endorsement program at the university and taught literacy courses in the College of Education. Prior to directing the Reading Clinic, Dr. Beck spent 5 years at the university codirecting the Oregon Reading First Center, a federally funded center that partnered with the Oregon Department of Education to provide technical support in the area of early literacy to 50 elementary schools throughout Oregon, with the objective of having all children reading at or above grade level by the end of third grade. Earlier in her career, Dr. Beck worked as an implementation manager/project director for the National Institute for Direct Instruction, supporting schoolwide direct instruction implementations in schools throughout the United States. She has worked as a curriculum specialist in language arts for Springfield School District in Oregon and has taught elementary and secondary special education in schools in Wisconsin and Illinois.