December 2025

Tessie Rose Bailey, PhD

Dr. Tessie Rose Bailey is Principal Consultant, American Institutes for Research (AIR); Director, PROGRESS Center: Promoting Progress for Students with Disabilities; and Advisor and Former Director of the Center on Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS Center). She develops and provides high-quality technical assistance (TA) to states, districts, and institutions of higher education, and has extensive experience in MTSS, special education services and law, secondary and transition services, teacher education and evaluation, and scaling up evidence-based practices.