She received her PhD in special education with a minor in research and evaluation methodology at the University of Florida and her master’s degree in exceptional children, with a learning disabilities concentration, from Seoul National University in South Korea. Her scholarly interests center on evaluating the effectiveness of reading interventions and strategies for students with learning disabilities, and developing a reliable and valid assessment too/system in reading for K–6 students with specific learning disabilities as well as English Language Learners. Additionally, her research emphasizes developing and validating measures for assessing the quality of special education teachers providing literacy instruction to students with specific learning disabilities and other high-incidence disabilities.