Psychometrician

Summary

Join IXL Learning as a Psychometrician to oversee the technical quality of assessments. Collaborate with various teams to create, maintain, and improve student assessments. Advance IXL's assessment strategy and conduct analyses to ensure fair and accurate assessment experiences. Develop computer-adaptive tests for K–12 education, conduct classical and IRT analyses of test data, perform reliability and validity analyses, and collaborate with research scientists and content experts. This is a full-time remote position in the United States.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Education Measurement, Psychometrics, Quantitative Psychology, Statistics, or a related field
• 3+ years of active experience in new test development, computer-adaptive testing, item pool maintenance, standard-setting, equating, and validity studies
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize, and decision-making skills
• Can-do attitude with an openness to others' ideas
• Willingness to innovate and find new, efficient solutions to complex problems
• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English
• Ability to summarize complex technical information and communicate it to a variety of audiences
• Fluency in computer/statistical programming (e.g., R, Python, SQL, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Develop modern, widely used, computer-adaptive tests for K–12 education, including universal screening and diagnostic assessments for math and ELA
• Conduct classical and IRT analyses of test data, including item calibration, standard-setting, scoring, scaling, equating, score reporting, and quality assurance analyses
• Perform reliability and validity analyses and collaborate with research scientists to document development processes and create technical reports
• Collaborate with content experts to create and curate item pools

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with K–12 education
• Knowledge of mobile and web technologies

Benefits

This is a full-time remote position for candidates in the United States