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Center for Public Partnerships & Research

Test Development Coordinator

Posted 5 days ago

Job Description

55% - Ensure expectations for validity, fairness, and quality assurance for items are met. Activities may include:
  • Reviewing and refining items written by external item writers in accordance with established standards of quality and internally and externally imposed deadlines.
  • Contributing to the development of task models and construct definitions based in Evidence Centered Design principles, and guiding the ELA team to apply the task models consistently when reviewing items.
  • Helping to resolve external, expert feedback on test items and test forms.
  • Contributing to the design of trainings and orientations for item writers, internal staff, and external reviewers.
  • Contributing to the identification, analysis, and improvement of existing processes and documentation to improve content validity.
35% - Coordinate and organize test development efforts, processes, and documentation. Activities may include:
  • Collaborating on test and item designs for innovative ELA assessments.
  • Coordinating workflow for ELA content at multiple stages of the test development process.
  • Contributing to the management of the test item pool.
  • Assembling and/or reviewing field test and operational test forms to meet blueprint, test design, and psychometric criteria.
  • Contributing to the identification, analysis, and improvement of existing processes and documentation to improve efficiency or meet best practice standards.
  • Preparing, reviewing, and editing test blueprints, performance level descriptors, responses to RFPs, and technical reports.
  • Collaborating with the psychometric and technology teams to create ancillary testing materials, such as interpretive guides, score reports, and website documents.
5% - Contribute subject matter expertise to grant-funded projects led by Lead Researchers and Principal Investigators.

5% - Special projects/other duties as assigned.
Test Development Coordinator at Center for Public Partnerships & Research | Renata