Stacy M. Hirt, Ed.S., provides technical assistance to states and school districts in the areas of MTSS, intensive intervention, and special education. In addition, she serves as a knowledge development researcher for the PROGRESS Center. In this role, she supports policy scans, literature reviews, site visits, and focus groups for stakeholders implementing high-quality educational programming. Stacy also supports research, technical assistance, and dissemination for the CEEDAR Center and National Center on Intensive Intervention. Prior to joining AIR, Stacy was an OSEP-funded Project PRISM interdisciplinary scholar at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the Department of Special Education. Stacy has over 16 years of special education field experience (K-12) serving as a learning specialist and a district-wide behavior specialist.