The Test Development group is responsible for designing reliable and valid language tests based on theories of linguistics and psychology, informed by an understanding of automatic speech recognition and natural language processing. We have an exceptional opportunity for a highly organized, detail-focused, self-driven PSYCHOMETRICS DATA MANAGER with quantitative skills in data manipulation, test design, analysis, and psychometrics.
Essential Responsibilities:
managing the creation of datasets from existing test responses and scores stored in large databases
manipulating those datasets to include the right variables and have them structured in the right way
doing quality control checks on the data
performing psychometric or statistical analysis on those datasets
presenting and helping interpret those results in technical reports and presentations
using interpretations of psychometric and statistical analyses to help guide test design
Required experience will include:
M.A. in Educational Measurement, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Psychometrics
3+ years of relevant work experience in IRT-based psychometrics and data analysis
Knowledge and skilled in:
MS Excel and R packages for Statistics for data examination, manipulation, plotting and analysis
Knowledge of existing psychometrics software like Winsteps, IRTPro, R packages
Experience accessing large databases with queries such as those used in SQL
Programming in R, python, SQL, or similar packages
Optional: other data manipulation software like SPSS, python, SAS
Optional: machine learning and other kinds of data modeling
High level of organizational abilities; organize/synthesize information from multiple sources
Solid problem solving and analytical skills; ability to solve complex conceptual problems implementing problem solutions proactively
Effective communication in oral and written communications with ability to work effectively in a team setting
Ability to prioritize, multi-task, be a self-starter; need little direction to get results
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Job: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Organization: English Language Learning
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Req ID: 8252
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