Assessment Development Lead - Math

Schedule: Full-time

This Education Program Specialist (EPS) position is primarily an Assessment Development lead for Ohio’s State Tests in mathematics for middle school grades 6-8, with possible opportunities to work with Alternate Assessments in mathematics.

This is essentially a project management type of position. As part of the assessment development team, this position collaborates with DEW staff and the test development vendor and helps to facilitate and manage the development of mathematics statewide assessments for Ohio:

Manages, coordinates, and oversees development of Ohio Statewide Assessments which includes:

Reviewing draft test items for OSTs and Alternate Assessments (Test items are first created by the test development vendor based on Ohio’s Learning Standards and given to DEW for review)

Ensuring appropriate format of items and test forms and that they are accessible to all students

Ensuring items are aligned with learning content standards

Ensuring tests are based on blueprints and test specifications

Managing test item banks

Ensuring test drafts are error free

Managing field test-item development and review process, which includes data review/analysis of field-tested items

Building and facilitating stakeholder assessment committees

Oversees work related to test content, test development vendor deliverables, and compliance to ensure statewide assessments and related materials are appropriate, reviewed, and completed (including print forms) by deliverable dates

Provides ongoing planning and communication with test development vendor to ensure adherence to test specifications and blueprints (e.g., test development and training and scoring of field-test items)

Participates in quality control of vendor’s work on statewide assessments

Provides ongoing planning and communication with contractors and Ohio DEW staff to ensure effective development of statewide assessments

Ensures adherence to established timelines and schedules for test development (e.g., timely delivery of draft and final test material)

Collaborates with test development vendors to create and review test items and supplemental materials for Ohio stakeholder committee reviews

Provides technical assistance regarding statewide testing in accordance with state and federal law and code:

Facilitates and/or attends multiple in-person assessment committee meetings (e.g., Content Advisory Committees, Rubric Validation Committees, Fairness Committees)

Helps develop training materials for scoring tests

Develops and conducts presentations to internal and external groups (local, state, and national)

Ensures current assessment information is available through a variety of sources (e.g., test portal, website, email, newsletters, webinars, social media)

Collaborates with other offices within the Department (e.g., Office for Academic Success, Office of Literacy, Office for Exceptional Children, Office of Communications) with regard to testing

Prepares correspondence and reports

Performs other duties as assigned.

The work location of this position is 25 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. You will be required to report to this work location full-time, if selected.

If this position is filled with an internal employee who has an approved telework agreement, the employee may be required to report in-person during the initial training period.

Minimum qualifications

Six years’ experience in any combination of the following areas:

Working in an educational setting (e.g., K-12, higher education) in one of the following capacities (e.g., educational administrator or teacher with experience in development of districtwide/schoolwide curriculum/assessments)

Monitoring and ensuring compliance with contractual specifications, program requirements, timelines for deliverables

Interpreting statute and code, law (i.e., operating standards, Ohio Revised Code, Ohio Administrative Code, state/federal requirements and guidelines), providing assistance to stakeholders

Performing one of the following (i.e., measurements/psychometrics, educational policy development, assessment/evaluation) in a government and/or educational setting

Preferred qualifications

Master’s degree or equivalent post-bachelor course work

Experience teaching mathematics in middle school, high school, or higher education.

Knowledge of student assessment or educational measurement, public education procedures, and/or contract oversight

Ability to analyze data, define problems, recommend solutions, and handle sensitive information with school personnel, vendors, and the public

Able to use current technology, including computers and online testing technology

Commitment to excellence, professionalism, strong interpersonal communication skills, good judgment of situations, excellent customer service, and solution driven

Interest in professional growth and development, willing to learn policies/procedures/manuals

Competency in program improvement in content, methods, and materials