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Job type full-time
Full job description
At instructure, our vision is to help people learn, develop, and engage from their first day at school to their last day of workOur goal is simple: create more effective ways for everyone everywhere to access education, make discoveries, share knowledge, be inspired, and do big thingsWe accomplish all this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesomeSo here’s your opportunity…
As we expand and evolve our assessment product portfolio, we seek an experienced senior director, research, to lead our assessment research teamThe senior director, assessment research, will balance team management and cross-functional collaboration with the development of research studies and public-facing assessment product resourcesYou should have a background in k-12 education, preferably as a teacher and/or administrator; knowledge of state accountability models; hands-on familiarity with formative, interim, and summative assessments; solid quantitative and analytical skills; a deep understanding of k-12 core curriculum; and exceptional skills and experience with analytic tools and methods.
Job responsibilities:
Be the hands-on leader of instructure’s growing assessment research function
Initiate and manage field studies to demonstrate and document the efficacy of instructure’s assessment products
Document scaling and scoring methodologies and be responsible for methodology knowledge transfer to team members
Design assessment reporting and analytic models that can be delivered via instructure’s assessment applications and reporting solutions
Coordinate with in-house assessment reporting team
Collaborate with product marketing to publish public-facing documents such as technical manuals and white papers
Coordinate and collaborate with outside partner psychometricians, researchers, contractors and industry experts
Take point on state education agencies’ review and adoption of instructure assessments
Work with research team members to define student proficiency scoring scales across subjects, grades, and states
Oversee the scaling and scoring of administered student assessments
Skills and experience:
Bachelor’s degree required in education, mathematics, measurement, statistics, psychometrics, or another quantitative field; master’s degree preferred
Background in k-12 education as classroom teacher and/or administrator at the school or district level; ideally the candidate will also have worked outside of education for a commercial organization such as an edtech company; professional experience with a k-12 assessment publishing firm is a plus
Proficiency using statistical software and online resources to research and analyze education data
Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
Outstanding interpersonal skills
Strong knowledge of formative, interim and summative assessment formats and objectives
Strong knowledge of state learning standards
Remote candidates will need to travel to durham nc 4-6 times per year
Get in on all the awesome of instructure:
Competitive salary and 401k.
Medical, dental, disability, and life insurance.
Hsa program, vision, voluntary life, and ad&d.
Tuition reimbursement.
Paid time off, 10 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules.
Gym club reimbursements and rewards-based fitness tracking.
We’ve always believed in hiring the most awesome people and treating them rightWe know that the more diverse we are, the more diverse our ideas will be and when we openly welcome those ideas, our environment is better and our business is stronger.
At instructure we participate in e-verify and yes, in case you didn`t catch it from the above, we are an equal opportunity employer.
All instructure employees are required to successfully pass a background check upon being hired.
