Specialist, Psychometrician

Pearson•Bloomington, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Specialist, Psychometrician conducts item and test analysis, equating, job analysis, standard setting, and other psychometric activities in support of the testing programs of professional clients. The position works closely with the Content Development team, Test Publishing, and other testing services staff to support and fulfill deliverables for various professional testing programs. The Psychometrician performs various tasks as appropriate to ensure the production of quality tests. It impacts the validity and reliability of client deliverables.

Requirements

Requires a PhD in Psychometrics, Educational Measurement, or related field; and 1 year of experience in related position, and experience in applied test development, including the construction, processing, analysis, and reporting of large-scale examinations.
Experience in test theory (IRT and Classical).
Experience writing syntax/code for data manipulation and statistical analyses using SAS, R, Python, or SPSS.
Knowledge of computer-based test construction and development.
Knowledge of databases and item-banking.
Experience with statistical software.
Organizational and project management skills.
Experience summarizing complex technical information and communicating it to a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience with literature reviews.

Responsibilities

Manipulate and validate data files.
Identify and/or develop the way each test is scored.
Analyze test and item-level results using appropriate methods.
Equating, linking & scaling of tests.
Work with content development to ensure that item banks meet the needs of the program.
Ensures accuracy of tests and test analyses.
Produce technical documentation related to item, test, and examinee performance for various testing programs.
Perform initial psychometric program review.
Develop a plan that ensures that examination services comply with industry standards for security, validity, reliability, fairness and defensibility.
Maintain project plans as appropriate.
Develop an appropriate test design including delivery method (i.e., linear fixed form, LOFT, CAT), test specifications, and pretest strategy.
Interacts with clients for job analysis, standard setting, measurement explanations and other appropriate topics.
Work with members of testing services teams, account managers, and other internal teams.
Work with the technology team to define technical specifications for software.
Participate in internal training and individual development of technical skills.
Identify research components of customer programs.
Develop research proposals; design and implement research projects.
Present theoretical and/or application papers at major conferences.
Submit theoretical and/or application papers for publication.
Other duties as assigned.