Education Assessment Specialist - EduTech

Our client is looking for Education Assessment Specialist. The person will be working for a well-funded EdTech firm, founded in 2011 by IITians, which is primarily interactive online tutoring platform where teachers provide school tuitions to students over the internet, using a real-time virtual learning environment that is a technology built in-house. It operates on marketplace model for teachers, where students can browse, discover and choose to learn from an online tutor of their choice.

Job Description

- Provide leadership regarding effective models and systems for evaluation and assessment of different programs.

- Design frameworks to define learning outcomes in different contexts and work with subject matter experts to define learning outcomes for different programs

- Identify effective assessment tools and methodologies to measure learning outcomes through summative and formative assessments (in-class, pre-class and post-class)

- Design assessment blueprint for various assessment instruments

- Develop evaluation rubrics for different assessment tools by working with measurement experts

- Drive assessment instrument development by working with subject matter experts (SMEs)

- Develop proficiency scales by working with measurement experts and SMEs

- Design learning outcome reports for different stakeholders by working with visual designers

- Collaborate with technology and product teams to develop scalable assessment solutions

- Manage assessment projects including design, development, administration, analysis, and reporting

Skills/Experience Required

- Minimum 10 years of overall experience with atleast 5 years of experience in the education sector

- Atleast 3 years of hands-on experience in designing, developing, and implementing large scale assessment systems to measure learning outcomes in K-12 sector

- Experience in implementing Item Response Theory (IRT) based assessment and measurement models

- Experience in qualitative and quantitative educational data collection and analysis; data management and analysis; measurement theories; and survey design, development, validity, and reliability.

- Knowledge of current issues in learning outcome growth and its measurement in K-12 sector

- Strong project management skills

- Ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely, orally and in writing, including strong report writing skills

Qualification: Phd, Masters or bachelors degree in education, statistics, economics, public policy, or engineering with relevant experience in learning outcome assessments and educational measurements. Required years of work experience is flexible based on relevance of your work experience and educational qualification.