Test Development Manager

Role Summary

The Test Development Manager assists Program leadership and partner teams in the delivery of a successful Statewide Kindergarten through High School student assessment system.

The Test Development Manager (TDM) provides broad-based assessment solutions and is knowledgeable of scholarly aspects of assessment measurement and systems. This team member is an expert in the item/stimulus and test development process for paper and online modalities.

The TDM is fluent in assessment literacy and able to discuss, design, and inform assessment solutions. The most successful Test Development Managers have classroom experience and understand how student performance foundations and trends are reflected in assessment design. End-to-end client support will be provided through excellent collaboration with other teams.

The Test Development Manager is required to exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluating criteria for obtaining results and should be instrumental in the development and implementation of assessment solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Test Development Manager provides leadership throughout the contract life cycle for state-wide content and assessment development.

Provides assessment leadership and client consulting on successful assessment design and content development

Drives long-term content development, asset planning, and execution

Serves as the primary point of contact to the customer and cross-functional teams, vendors, and partners for project-level content development requirements

Demonstrates a fundamental understanding of State Assessment Standards and Blueprints and how different test designs influence assessment systems to internal teams and client

Applies knowledge of Psychometric principles related to test construction, data review, and standard settings to inform development

Ensures item and test specifications adhere to the content and test development procedures needed to implement assessment solutions

Participates in the development and delivery of client educator committee meetings

Establishes and fosters positive and productive relationships with internal resources, vendors, project partners, and external customers

Troubleshoots item and test development technical issues and leads team in mitigating issues for the future

Provides content development risk mitigation and contingency planning

Responsible for helping resolve schedule delivery challenges

Maintains detailed project financial planning and management including labor and NSDC forecasting

Qualifications

Master of Education or equivalent experience preferred. Bachelors degree required

A minimum of five years of educational testing and assessment industry experience is required. Experience in multi-stage adaptive test designs and alternate assessment experience is highly desired

A minimum of five years of professional experience managing cross-functional teams is required. Must understand team dynamics and foster a positive team environment.

A minimum of five years of professional experience in a client-facing role is required.

Classroom teaching experience is highly valued

Experience in the English Language Learning and/or Special Education field is required

Knowledgeable of education principles, pedagogy, and trends, and their connections to assessment

Adaptable to various systems and tools used to manage labor forecasts, project financials, project schedules, and item bank

Skilled at forming cohesive, productive, motivated teams by utilizing strong negotiation skills and implementing motivational strategies

Excellent project planning and organizational skills, including the ability to coordinate a variety of different projects and individuals and to adapt to unforeseen and unexpected requests or changes in priorities, are required

Possess outstanding verbal and written communication skills and be able to provide solutions to a variety of audiences including extended leadership teams and clients

Skilled at client-relationship management to include scope management, client satisfaction, problem response and resolution, and risk management

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Ability to use time-management and organizational skills to effectively manage multiple and changing priorities for yourself and project team

Demonstrate self-motivated learning and eagerness to seek out trustworthy resources independently

Ability to travel throughout the year and particularly in the summer months

What to expect from Pearson

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Job: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULLTIME

Workplace Type: Remote

Req ID: 17068

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