Kim’s (international) research focuses on data-based decision making and formative assessment. She has been invited as a guest lecturer and keynote speaker at several conferences and universities, including AERA (American Educational Research Association). She is the president-elect of ICSEI (International Congress on School Effectiveness and Improvement), chair of the ICSEI data use network, and a member of the leadership team of the AERA Data-Driven Decision Making SIG. She has published widely on the use of (assessment) data and is the main developer of the EAPRIL (European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning) award winning datateam® procedure. She is also the editor of several special issues on data use, and the book “Data-based decision making in education: Challenges and opportunities”, published by Springer.