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Cambium Assessment is hiring a Senior Psychometrician. The role involves leading and overseeing the technical quality of statistical and psychometric analysis projects for educational assessments, providing guidance to project staff, and representing the organization on technical issues to clients and external panels.

Highlights

Lead technical operational and research projects related to educational assessments.
Plan, coordinate, and perform statistical reviews for complex projects.
Provide guidance and oversight to less experienced psychometricians and project staff.
Accountable for statistical design components such as Variance Estimations, Sample Design, Statistical Modeling, and Psychometrics.
Apply advanced statistical and psychometric methods including programming in R.
Ph.D. required in Statistics, Education Measurement, Psychometrics, Psychological Measurement, or related field with emphasis on quantitative research.
Minimum of 4 years professional experience with assessment systems and Item Response Theory.
Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a consulting environment.
Engage with clients and external boards to represent Cambium Assessment's technical perspectives.
Work within a Remote First environment requiring reliable high-speed internet and active participation in virtual meetings.

Senior Psychometrician Full Description

Senior Psychometrician

Cambium Assessment is a leading provider of online assessments that shape the educational outcomes for millions of students. We are pleased to share that we are hiring a new Senior Psychometrician for our team. The Senior Psychometrician will provide oversight of the technical quality of educational assessment and analysis activities.

Location: Must reside in USA

Job Responsibilities:

Heads technical operational and research projects.
Plans, coordinates, and performs statistical review for basic and complex projects.
Provides guidance and oversight to project staff on technical aspects of their work.
Works autonomously on most phases of statistical and/or psychometric examination and provides guidance to less experienced psychometricians.
Represents organization's position on technical issues to clients, and external boards and panels.
Accountable for statistical design such as Variance Estimations (weighting), Sample Design, Statistical Modeling, and Psychometrics.
Ensures quality control of deliverables.
Designs, develops and documents technical and operational procedures and statistical guidelines.
Applies advanced knowledge of statistical procedures, Psychometric methods and their applications and statistical programming (e.g., R).

Job Requirements:

Ph.D. in Statistics, Education Measurement, Psychometrics, Psychological Measurement, or related field with an emphasis on quantitative research or Psychometrics.
Advanced training in Psychometric research and Statistics including Item Response Theory, Scaling and Equating, Computer Adaptive Testing, Sample Design and Longitudinal Data Analysis.
At least 4 years of professional experience, including with assessment systems, Sampling Theory and Item Response Theory.
Ability to work effectively as a member of a team in a consulting environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Why Work With Us?

When you work with Cambium Assessment, you’ll be helping to design and build inspiring solutions that make a real impact on the online testing industry, as well as the educators and students we support.

Our ground breaking work includes:

Advanced computer-adaptive algorithms
Mobile support of user interfaces
Learning management systems with social media features
Universally accessible user interfaces
Machine scorable items

In the 2024 school year, we delivered more than 126 million online tests, and successfully supported peak testing volumes exceeding 1.5 million simultaneous test takers. We have the most advanced features of any online testing system, and we continue to push boundaries to improve student performance measurement and enabling educators with actionable insights to drive better overall educational outcomes for our students. To learn more about our organization and the exciting work we do, visit www.cambiumassessment.com.

Remote First Work Environment

Our Remote First approach gives employees the flexibility and trust they need to effectively balance work with life. It creates a culture in which all employees are valued and where success is measured in results. It allows us to work collaboratively, inclusively and for greater positive impact, regardless of our individual locations.

If you will be working remotely, either occasionally or on a permanent basis, you must have a reliable internet connection through a cable or fiber-optic broadband service with minimum speeds of 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.

The successful candidate will be expected to actively participate in video-based interviews during the recruiting process and ongoing virtual meetings with their camera on, as part of their role.

As part of our Remote-First benefits, Cambium offers reimbursement to help cover the cost of setting up your home or remote office.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, ideas, and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender, gender identity/expression, or sexual orientation), national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or genetic information (including family medical history).

We will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. You may request an accommodation during the recruiting process with your Talent Acquisition team member.

Original Job Description

Senior Psychometrician

Location: Must reside in USA

Job Responsibilities:

Heads technical operational and research projects.
Plans, coordinates, and performs statistical review for basic and complex projects.
Provides guidance and oversight to project staff on technical aspects of their work.
Works autonomously on most phases of statistical and/or psychometric examination and provides guidance to less experienced psychometricians.
Represents organization's position on technical issues to clients, and external boards and panels.
Accountable for statistical design such as Variance Estimations (weighting), Sample Design, Statistical Modeling, and Psychometrics.
Ensures quality control of deliverables.
Designs, develops and documents technical and operational procedures and statistical guidelines.
Applies advanced knowledge of statistical procedures, Psychometric methods and their applications and statistical programming (e.g., R).

Job Requirements:

Ph.D. in Statistics, Education Measurement, Psychometrics, Psychological Measurement, or related field with an emphasis on quantitative research or Psychometrics.
Advanced training in Psychometric research and Statistics including Item Response Theory, Scaling and Equating, Computer Adaptive Testing, Sample Design and Longitudinal Data Analysis.
At least 4 years of professional experience, including with assessment systems, Sampling Theory and Item Response Theory.
Ability to work effectively as a member of a team in a consulting environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Why Work With Us?

Our ground breaking work includes:

Advanced computer-adaptive algorithms
Mobile support of user interfaces
Learning management systems with social media features
Universally accessible user interfaces
Machine scorable items

Remote First Work Environment

The successful candidate will be expected to actively participate in video-based interviews during the recruiting process and ongoing virtual meetings with their camera on, as part of their role.

As part of our Remote-First benefits, Cambium offers reimbursement to help cover the cost of setting up your home or remote office.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

We will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. You may request an accommodation during the recruiting process with your Talent Acquisition team member.

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