John Hintze

John Hintze is a Professor in the Department of Student Development at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His expertise spans curriculum-based measurement, response-to-intervention (RtI), clinical assessment, and research methods. He holds dual licenses as a School Psychologist and Health Service Provider specializing in Child & Adolescent Clinical Psychology. Dr. Hintze teaches courses in school psychology principles, assessment methodologies, and professional supervision. He has been recognized with the 1999 APA Division 16 Lightner Witmer Award for research contributions and is a Fellow of APA Division 16.

His research focuses on decision-making within multi-tiered service delivery models, particularly in RtI frameworks. Notable contributions include work on progress monitoring accuracy, intervention efficacy evaluation, and meta-analyses of school-wide behavior support programs. He has published extensively on topics like formative assessment utility, diagnostic accuracy of early numeracy indicators, and statistical assumptions in educational testing.

Dr. Hintze's work emphasizes practical applications of research, including improving field supervision practices through collaborative institutes and developing reliable observational coding schemes for classroom behaviors. His career transition from school psychologist to academic researcher reflects a commitment to bridging clinical practice and evidence-based methodologies.