Job Description
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions is looking for an experienced psychometrician to measure and validate student learning needs and progress against program goals, as well as analyze and evaluate existing tests and results.
Responsibilities will include:
- Work with professional from content development and technology to establish formal psychometric procedures including definition of technology workflows and business process requirements for systematic data delivery and evaluation
- Work independently to plan, coordinate, and perform statistical analyses, score reporting and prediction including calculation of item parameters for 2 and 3 parameter models. Identify item bias in subpopulations
- Identify and manage all research projects related to test development with the goal of improving the quality of the tests.
- Determine research sample requirements for statistical validation of models for new assessments
- Work closely with cross-function staff to communicate any problems and find solutions to resolve them
- Mentor content development staff in item selection procedures
- Write technical reports and white papers
Required:
- 5+ years experience as a psychometrician preferably in the assessment industry
- Ph.D. or ABD in Educational Measurement or related field
- Excellent communications skills, with the ability to generate clear and comprehensive reports to cross-function departments and customers with variant levels of scientific and technical skills
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Expertise with principles of research methodology, including experimental study designs
- Ability to work on complex statistical problems using a variety of statistical methods
- Experience with psychometric analytic techniques (SEM, IRT, Computer Adaptive Testing) for summative, formative and diagnostic assessments
- Strong skills in SAS or SPSS with longitudinal analysis skills
Additional:
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent English skills
- Comfortable working with new models of measurement.
Job Requirements
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Full time employees enjoy these outstanding benefits:
401(k) plan
Comprehensive health, dental and short term disability & long
term disability plans
Business casual dress code
Sick days, personal days, holidays, and vacation days
A friendly, team oriented environment
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions (www.kaptest.com), a division of Kaplan, Inc., is a premier provider of educational and career services for individuals, schools and businesses. Established in 1938, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions is the world leader in the test prep industry and has served millions of students in nearly 70 years. With 3,000 classroom locations worldwide, a comprehensive menu of online offerings and a complete array of books and software, and private tutoring options, Kaplan offers preparation for more than 60 standardized tests in the U.S. and the U.K., including entrance exams for secondary school, college and graduate school, as well as English language and professional licensing exams. Kaplan also provides college and graduate admissions consulting services, as well as after-school learning programs for K-10 students through its SCORE! centers. Additionally, the division's K12 Learning Services unit is a leading nationwide provider of a broad range of academic intervention and support programs for school districts seeking to meet the demands of No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
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