Joan T. Mims

Joan T. Mims is currently Vice President for Education Services at Oak Hill Technology, Inc., in Austin, Texas.  She develops and manages test development programs for numerous states and assessment companies and oversees constructed response scoring projects for subjects ranging from Braille to foreign languages (including American Sign Communication) as well as English Language Arts and Reading.  She has taught high school French and English and taught composition at the university level for thirteen years before shifting to university administration.  Mims also spent five years with the Texas Education Agency overseeing composition scoring and working in multiple aspects of test development and administration.  Reading and travel are her favorite leisure activities.