Executive Vice President

Professor Yao-Ting Sung is a chair professor at the National Taiwan Normal University. He has received several awards for excellence in academic achievement, including Da-Yu Wu Memorial Award and three Outstanding Research Awards issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly the National Science Council). His research focuses on educational psychology, psychological and educational assessment, computer-assisted learning and testing, as well as Chinese text analysis. Prof. Sung directs a world-leading team that specializes in bringing cutting-edge academic research and tools to improve automated affective assessment, readability prediction, and essay scoring. The team has built several diagnostic and assessment platforms based on the aforementioned technologies for career interest assessment, Chinese language learning, and adaptive reading. These educational platforms have been used in many countries around the world, involving about three million students each year. By integrating theories of learning psychology and advanced technology, the research team is gradually reaching its goal of innovating teaching practice, promoting student development, and closing achievement gap in both primary and secondary education. The research team has also exported its technology to support overseas Chinese teaching and assessment practices. Additionally, the research results have infused new life into education industry and enhanced its development.
Prior to becoming vice president of the university, Prof. Sung has served several administrative positions in the university, including the director of Research Center for Psychological and Educational Testing, the director of Office of Research and Development, and the Chief Executive Officer of Aim for the Top University Project.
Other scholarly administrative experiences include serving as the editor-in-chief of TSSCI journals Psychological Testing and Journal of Research in Education Sciences, as a guest editor or on the editorial board of several international journals and book series including British Journal of Educational Technology, Journal of Technology and Society, and Chinese Language Learning Sciences Series. Prof. Sung has also contributed to the planning and implementation of national education by serving as a committee member of the Twelve-Year National Basic Education Planning Group of the Ministry of Education and Information Steering Committee of the Ministry of Examination. Currently, he is also the director of the National Assessment Center for Education.