David P. Hurford is the founder and executive director of the Center for Reading and the founder and manager of CARRD, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to assisting individuals with dyslexia to become competent readers. He is the executive editor of Perspectives on Language and Literacy, a journal of the International Dyslexia Association. He has presented at many regional, national, and international conferences and has published articles on dyslexia, reading difficulties, the prevention of reading failure, and other educational issues. Early in his career, he was the recipient of a Spencer Fellowship from the National Academy of Education, allowing him to dedicate his efforts toward the prevention, identification, and intervention of reading difficulties which resulted in a reading curriculum designed to prevent reading difficulties in kindergarten (Secret Codes) and first grade (Advanced Codes). The Center for Reading and CARRD, Inc. use his identification and remediation strategies to provide high-quality and accurate assessments and successful interventions for children and adults who have dyslexia and reading difficulties.

The Center for Reading evaluation includes measures of reading, spelling, phonological processing, attention, social and emotional behavior, hearing, and a clinical interview. Center for Reading interventionists use evaluation results, Structured Literacy strategies, and curricula to implement targeted interventions based on the Science of Reading.