Psychometrician

We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture 

Ascend Learning is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning. 

Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers. 

We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more. 

Ascend Learning leads the way in innovation and solution creation to improve outcomes and deliver results for students, educators, and healthcare workers in the ever-changing field of healthcare. We offer advanced resources that drive nursing success, empower front-line certified allied health workers, help physicians pass boards and stay current, and provide education management tools for medical education programs. 

WHAT YOU'LL DO  

As a Psychometrician you will be responsible for assembling, analyzing, and scoring Ascend Learning assessment instruments for nursing, allied health, emergency services, fitness and many other student educational programs that educate, remediate, and certify students and professionals and other high-growth professions. You will apply psychological principles and statistical methods to ensure the reliability, validity, and fairness of our assessments in support of product development with the goal of ensuring the validity of scores provided to clients. In addition to operational psychometric work, you will design and conduct efficacy and predictive validity research and other forms of research that bolster the utilization of our assessments and learning products.  

WHERE YOU’LL WORK  

This position offers flexibility of remote work within the United States. Occasional travel will be required. 

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME 

• Provide psychometric/statistical analyses and interpretation of results using classical test theory, item response theory, equating, and standard setting methods to support product development. 
• Communicate technical psychometric concepts orally and in writing to all customer bases, including non-technical audiences. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to problem-solve and find solutions for product development and for client (internal and external) service issues. 
• Analyze, research, and propose solutions to current and future measurement problems, and communicate those solutions effectively. 
• Contribute to various research agendas that aim to improve fairness, validity, and efficacy in our assessments and learning products.  
• Contribute to analyzing and reporting on state and national pass rates and retention 
• Design and conduct efficacy evaluations of learning products and assessments  
• Design and conduct predictive validity research  
• Document and disseminate research findings via presentations or publications. 

WHAT YOU'LL NEED 

• PhD or a doctoral degree is required in educational research, measurement and statistics, or educational psychology with graduate level course work in measurement theory, classical test theory, item response theory, test equating, and advanced statistical modeling (eg, multivariate modeling, factor analysis, multi-level modeling, structural equation modeling). 
• A minimum of three years of related work experience is required. 
• Proficiency in SAS, R, Python, and Winsteps for data manipulation and analysis tasks.  
• Experience conducting operational psychometric analysis (i.e. CTT, Rasch, equating, DIF) and creating psychometric documents and reports (e.g., statistical summary reports, reports summarizing procedural methods and results, policy and procedure manuals, professional manuscripts, and presentations). 
• Experience conducting psychometric and predictive validity research, including study design, data collection, data analysis, and dissemination of results.  
• Experience designing and conducting efficacy evaluations of learning products and assessments including differences in student usage or performance across student demographic groups. 
• Basic proficiency in database management, including experience working with relational tables and developing protocols for ensuring data integrity, and experience creating graphics, charts, and other data visualizations. 
• Experience planning and facilitating exam-related meetings or workshops (e.g., practice analysis, standard setting, item development) preferred. 
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal and skilled in conveying complex, technical, or quantitative information to non-technical audiences. 
• Time management skills, including the ability to set priorities and a strong commitment to meeting deadlines, and high attention to detail. 

BENEFITS 

• Flexible and generous paid time off  
• Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance  
• 401(k) employer matching program 
• Parental leave 
• Wellness resources 
• Charitable matching program 
• Hybrid work  
• On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington) 
• Community outreach groups 
• Tuition reimbursement 

Fostering A Sense of Belonging 

We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued and be their authentic selves. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.  

About Ascend Learning 

As a tech-enabled services company, Ascend Learning is a national leader in developing and delivering data-driven online educational content, software, assessments, analytics, and simulations serving institutions, students and employers across healthcare, fitness and wellness, public and workplace safety, skilled trades, insurance, financial services, cybersecurity, and higher education. We're committed to accelerating the learning pathways that can move people into careers where they have the knowledge and skills to have an impact and help change lives in the communities they serve. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2023 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity. 

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. 

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