Lee Ann Jung
Dr. Lee Ann Jung
[edit]Dr. Lee Ann Jung is an American author, professor, and educational consultant whose work focuses on inclusive education, grading reform, and classroom-based support for neurodivergent learners. She is the founder of Lead Inclusion and a clinical professor at San Diego State University. Jung has published widely on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), classroom assessment, and individualized intervention planning. She is also a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded researcher.
Career
[edit]Jung began her career as a special education teacher. She has held faculty positions at Samford University and, from 2002 to 2016, at University of Kentucky, where she was a professor and the director of international school partnerships. Since 2017, she has been a clinical professor in Educational Leadership at San Diego State University.[1]
In 2018, she founded Lead Inclusion, an international consulting organization that supports independent and public schools in building inclusive and research-informed instructional and assessment systems.[1]
Publications
[edit]Jung is the author or co-author of the following books:
- Every Child Deserves a Special Education: Five Mindframes That Ensure All Students Learn (with John Hattie, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Lorraine Graham, Corwin Press, 2025)[2]
- Assessment of Young Children (with Gayle Mindes, 6th ed., Brookes Publishing, 2026)[3]
- Your Students, My Students, Our Students: Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms (with Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Julie Kroener, ASCD, 2019)[4]
- Grading Exceptional and Struggling Learners (with Thomas Guskey, Corwin Press, 2012)[5]
- Answers to Essential Questions About Standards, Assessments, Grading, and Reporting (with Thomas Guskey, Corwin Press, 2013)[6]
- Assessing Students, Not Standards: Begin With What Matters Most (Corwin Press, 2024)[7]
- Seen, Heard, and Valued: Universal Design for Learning and Beyond (Corwin Press, 2023)[8]
- From Goals to Growth: Intervention and Support in Every Classroom (ASCD, 2018)[9]
- A Practical Guide to Planning Interventions and Monitoring Progress (Solution Tree, 2015)[10]
Research and Grants
[edit]Jung’s research has focused on inclusive grading, progress monitoring, and intervention design. Her article Grading Exceptional Learners is widely cited in work on equitable grading and standards-based assessment.[11]
She served as co-principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health-funded randomized controlled trial examining teacher coaching for students with autism.[12]
Professional Service
[edit]Jung served as Chair of the Classroom Assessment Special Interest Group (SIG) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) from 2017 to 2018.[13] She is section editor for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Education[14] and has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Early Intervention.[15]
She also served on the Higher Education Advisory Board for the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC), which led the field in envisioning an innovative alternative to traditional high school transcripts.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Lee Ann Jung". Corwin Press. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Every Child Deserves a Special Education". Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- ^ "Assessment of Young Children". Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- ^ "Your Students, My Students, Our Students". Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- ^ "Grading Exceptional and Struggling Learners". Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ "Answers to Essential Questions". Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "Assessing Students, Not Standards". Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ "Seen, Heard, and Valued". Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ "From Goals to Growth". Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ "A Practical Guide to Planning Interventions and Monitoring Progress". Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ "Lee Ann Jung – Google Scholar". Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ "A randomized controlled trial of COMPASS web-based and face-to-face teacher coaching in autism". PubMed. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ "Classroom Assessment SIG 18". Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- ^ "Routledge Encyclopedia of Education – Editorial Board". Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ "Journal of Early Intervention Editorial Board". Retrieved March 10, 2023.