This Position is for a Director, Institutional Assessment Management,
with a remote work location in Jackson, MS.
Duties.
As the Director of Institutional Assessment, you are responsible for the quality and validity of all assessment content for the new AP Business Principles Exam. (Note: The new AP Business Principles course will pilot in Fall 2025.)
The Director/Assessment is the primary point of contact in AP for all assessment content for AP Business Principles, collaborating closely with the AP Business Principles Course Lead (who leads curriculum development, guides instructional support, and reviews assessment content). The Assessment Specialist may provide assessment development support in other related subject areas. The Assessment Specialist is responsible for all item development and management from authoring to administration; training and collaborating with subject-matter experts (SMEs), typically college professors and secondary school teachers. The Assessment Specialist trains SMEs on assessment development protocols, translates between academics and technical experts (psychometricians), and collaborates to develop formative assessment materials and resources to support AP Business Principles teachers worldwide.
In this role, you will: Assessment Development and Scoring (85%)? Serve as the assessment leader for AP Business Principles, the primary person responsible for assessment development for AP Business Principles. Be responsible for authoring/revising assessment content and training educator constituents to author assessment content, including selection of appropriate stimulus material, and applying best assessment practices. Lead the development and management of all assessment content through iterative review stages with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including the AP Business Principles Course Lead, Assessment Production team, Test Development Committee, and the Chief Reader. Be responsible for development of all assessment forms, ensuring the AP Exam development aligns with approved curricula and test specifications. Conduct multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual meetings (during work week, evenings, or weekends) annually with each of the committees within your stewardship as well as other committee meetings in the discipline as needed
Lead the successful scoring of student AP Exams at the annual scoring event in person and online---the "AP Reading"---and produce AP Reading publications materials for teacher and student use. Assessment Quality and Process (15%). Contribute to current research and best practices related to assessment; participate in regular discussions with other AP Curriculum & Assessment members on the current assessment standards and practices to build a set of common, shared beliefs about AP's assessment directions within the larger educational and assessment community. Contribute to processes for efficient, high quality assessment development. Refine and improve question task models as well as exam design in collaboration with and aligned to other College Board initiatives. Monitor and improve exam validity, reliability, fairness, and quality, as well as reader reliability in accordance with established Program thresholds. Serve as a recognized and trusted resource within the community by collaboration with the AP Course Lead in engagement with the community to drive teacher satisfaction with the AP Business Principles Exam.
Qualifications include. (Required) A Master's degree or PhD in business, or a related field, and knowledge of current trends in the discipline, although a doctorate in the discipline is strongly preferred. (Required) Experience in standardized assessment development. Experience with digital assessment (preferred). Teaching experience or applied professional experience in entrepreneurship, accounting, finance, marketing or other business fields with demonstrated aptitude to translate professional experienc into an assessment setting (preferred). Superior oral and written communications skills. Excellent organizational and planning skills, including the ability to effectively handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Meticulous attention to detail, including the ability to closely proofread. Excellent skills in process and procedure implementation, including adhering to project plans and schedules, and maintaining project management documentation for tracking. Technical acumen and aptitude; proficiency with Microsoft Office and use of browser-based applications and tools. Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills, including the ability to deal with staff at all levels. Willingness to give, accept, and address constructive feedback with positivity. Strong customer service orientation. Willingness to travel up to 6 times a year (domestic), with an additional 2 weeks in May/June for the Annual "AP Reading".
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