Kathleen Dempsey is a principal consultant with McREL. In this role, Ms. Dempsey works to provide services, strategies, and materials to support improvement in mathematics education, curriculum development, formative assessment, and integration of instructional technology. Additionally, Ms. Dempsey currently serves as a co-principal investigator for two mathematics studies funded by the Institute of Education Sciences. Ms. Dempsey holds an MEd in educational supervision from the College of William and Mary, a BS in elementary education from Old Dominion University, and endorsements in mathematics—Algebra I, gifted education, and middle school education. Before coming to McREL, Ms. Dempsey served as the secondary mathematics coordinator for Virginia Beach City Public Schools in Virginia Beach, Virginia.