Psychometrician

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About the Role

Our client an education company is seeking a detail-oriented Psychometrician to lead the design validation and analysis of the assessments underpinning its academic programs. This engagement is directly tied to the organizations upcoming re-accreditation review: the Psychometrician will ensure that assessment practices evidence and documentation meet accrediting body standards while also strengthening the validity reliability and fairness of assessments for all test-takers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop test items scales and assessment instruments aligned with defined constructs and learning/behavioral objectives
• Conduct item analysis reliability testing and validity studies (content construct criterion)
• Apply Classical Test Theory (CTT) and/or Item Response Theory (IRT) models to evaluate and refine test items
• Perform equating standard setting and scaling to ensure comparability across test forms and administrations
• Conduct differential item functioning (DIF) analysis to identify and address potential bias across demographic groups
• Partner with subject matter experts to build and review item banks
• Analyze assessment data and produce technical reports summarizing psychometric properties score interpretations and recommendations
• Ensure assessments comply with relevant professional standards (e.g. APA/AERA/NCME Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing) and legal/regulatory requirements
• Compile and organize psychometric evidence technical documentation and validity/reliability reports needed to support the re-accreditation self-study and site visit
• Serve as the assessment subject-matter expert in preparing responses to accreditor inquiries and addressing any prior findings or areas of concern
• Support the design of pilot studies and field tests for new or revised instruments
• Collaborate with academic leadership product research and data teams to translate psychometric findings into actionable improvements
• Stay current on advances in measurement theory testing technology and accreditation requirements in the education sector

Qualifications

Required:

• Masters or Ph.D. in Psychometrics Educational Measurement Quantitative Psychology Statistics or a related field
• Strong foundation in CTT IRT and test validity/reliability frameworks
• Proficiency with statistical software (e.g. R SPSS SAS Python) and psychometric-specific tools (e.g. BILOG Winsteps flexMIRT jMetrik)
• Experience analyzing large-scale assessment data sets
• Excellent written communication skills for producing technical reports for both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred:

• Experience with computerized adaptive testing (CAT) or automated test assembly
• Familiarity with fairness and bias detection methodologies (e.g. DIF disparate impact analysis)
• Background in credentialing certification educational or workforce assessment contexts
• Prior experience supporting an accreditation self-study site visit or accreditor response process
• Experience presenting findings to stakeholders academic leadership or accreditation committees