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Job type full-time
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Overview: lsac is a not-for-profit corporation devoted to promoting and furthering the quality, access, and fairness of the law school admission process by providing core products and services to law school candidates and law schools in the united states and throughout the worldLsac’s mission is to advance law and justice by encouraging diverse and talented individuals to study law and by supporting their enrollment and learning journeys from prelaw through practice.
Summary of position:
The measurement scientist is responsible for the development of the measurement components, academic requirements and claims, and the efficacy of a new product concept that furthers lsac’s mission and will be part of a team dedicated to the work of building and launching the productThis position will serve as the lead measurement scientist on the product and will supervise a small team of measurement professionals dedicated to the product’s success.
Lsac is looking for a mid-level or senior professional with ten or more years of experience in research design and development of innovative assessments, with the desire and ability to support psychometric foundational and operational research, program development, and measurement excellence for this new product, supporting our efforts to advance lsac’s mission through scienceResponsibilities:
Drive day-to-day activities that support the design, development and implementation of measurement and academic components to ensure on-time development of a new product concept.
Oversee development and confirmation of academic requirements, standards, and claims of the product.
Design and execute studies, pilots, and other activities to validate efficacy of the product claims.
Design requirements for and oversee implementation of assessments and program evaluation.
Lead efforts for developing product measurement standards including work with the technical advisory committee and representatives of higher education institutions on the development of proficiency descriptions, artifacts for evidence, and an implementation plan.
Develop agenda and artifacts for technical advisory committee and lead technical advisory committee meetings, discussions, and communications.
Lead efforts to design and create reporting tools.
Develop alignment process and decision-rules guidance for the product.
Maintain and defend validity of standards and create processes, requisite evidence, and kpis to do so.
Develop efficacy standards at course, instruction, institution, and program levels including longitudinal maintenance.
Design and author requisite measurement technical information.
Work closely with the product concept team and other cross-functional stakeholders to build and launch the product.
Track, manage, and report academic and measurement kpis, risks, and issues for the concept development.
Serve as a measurement spokesperson and expert on the product concept internally and externally.
Supervise a team of measurement professionals dedicated to the development of the product concept.
Qualifications:
Doctoral degree in psychometrics, educational measurement, educational psychology, industrial psychology, or a measurement-related quantitative field required.
Significant knowledge of psychometric measurement theory and practice including, but not limited to, validity, reliability, theory of action, and principled design.
Minimum of ten years of experience as a psychometric or measurement scientist.
Knowledge of advanced statistical and analytical methods to support investigations into new products.
Knowledge of higher education trends and issues and experience in the industry.
Lsac actively seeks to foster greater levels of diversity in our workforce and in our pipeline of future leadersWe are committed to attract and retain candidates who have a passion for their work and encourage all qualified individuals, including minorities, women, lgbtqia+, and individuals with a disability, to applyLsac is an equal opportunity employer.
