Jessica Rueter

Jessica Rueter

Jessica A. Rueter, PhD, is an associate professor of special education at the University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler). Dr. Rueter has 30 years of experience as a special education teacher, educational diagnostician, and university professor. Dr. Rueter has several publications to her credit and is a frequent speaker at the international, national, and state levels. She is an assessment consultant to school districts in East Texas and in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area and has served as an expert witness in due process hearings. Her research interests include best practices of assessment of students with disabilities and translating assessment results into evidence-based instructional practices. Dr. Rueter serves as program coordinator for the educational diagnostician program at UT Tyler, former cochair for the Small Special Education Program Caucus (SSEPC) Symposium, past president of the Council for Educational Diagnostic Services (CEDS), past president of the Texas Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), and continues to be an active member of CEC, CEDS, TED, and SSEPC.