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University of California, Santa Cruz · 3 months ago

Assessment Designer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$99K/yr - $106K/yr

The University of California, Santa Cruz is a unique public university known for its innovative and experimental approach to education. The Assessment Designer position is responsible for developing new K-12 educational assessment products, managing assessment design, and collaborating with various teams to enhance product offerings.

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Responsibilities

Documents the customer user experience of our assessment products and collects customer input as well as non-customer input to improve the competitiveness and innovation aspects of our summative and interim assessments

Evaluates new K-12 educational assessment industry trends, including pertinent new technologies consistent with the organization's long-range, strategic plans. Analyzes market trends, assessment design literature, and stakeholder feedback, and presents design solutions to department leaders and executives

Analyzes prior discovery materials and identifies key issues to address; works with content and psychometrics to identify creative assessment enhancements, including computer adaptive testing

Creates protocols for focus groups and interviews; identifies, organizes, and participates in design discussions with assessment experts, educators, and the state education agency staff, and internal content and psychometrics teams

Uses deep knowledge of district, school, and classroom workflows to create multiple design iterations of solutions that ensure ease of use, high quality, and support the collection of actionable data. Documents and presents responsive iterations of potential solutions to various internal and external stakeholders who have a range of knowledge regarding educational assessments

Liaise with members, executives, cross-functional leaders, and technology service providers to vet and refine requirements for products and product enhancements. Works with service providers to map and improve the customer journey

Recommends new technologies and assessment trends applicable to current assessment products or services and consistent with the organization's long-range, strategic plans

Leads cross-functional teams, as central liaison, to translate assessment designs into actionable plans for use by teams, including project management, content, accessibility, and psychometrics; adjusts designs in response to SME input

Works across the organization, with a diverse range of parties to ensure effective production, delivery, and operation of new or enhanced products and services based on budget and staffing plans

Interfaces with test delivery providers to gather requirements for assessment enhancements, ensuring partner feasibility and improving the Smarter Balanced member/customer journey

Gathers budget information, goals, and deliverables for cross-functional teams to support the analysis of the product or enhancement cost for decision-making purposes

Demonstrates sound judgment in selecting solutions to design, user, financial or marketing problems

Develops and reports on metrics / key performance indicators and provides corresponding analysis

Develops and participates in marketing and professional outreach activities to raise awareness of a product or service

Presents on assessment product and product enhancement progress to members at large-group meetings

May conduct product/service training and consultation to mitigate problems and receive suggestions

Provides periodic content progress reports outlining key activities and progress toward achieving overall goals

Qualification

K-12 assessment designStakeholder engagementProject managementBudgetingEducational standards knowledgeCollaborationCommunicationProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in Education, Business, or Related Field

Experience conducting discovery, summarizing findings, and proposing assessment design solutions that meet the organization's needs and customers' pain points

Experience ensuring that organizational practices, services, and behaviors support and promote collaboration among staff

Broad knowledge of K-12 educational assessment design concepts, practices, standards, and processes, including computer adaptive assessments

Strong organization and project management skills, including budgeting and staffing plans

Ability to apply concepts from assessment product management or program knowledge to resolve assessment design problems