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As a State Education Psychometrician, you would:
Advise on test development process for various New York State student testing programs, and supervise the scaling of tests.
Make recommendations to modify the New York State testing program based on scaling results.
Provide psychometric analysis to test development teams and senior management for the New York State testing program.
Oversee the development of test specifications, performance level descriptions, passage selection, item writing and review criteria, and other documents to ensure procedural validity.
Inform the Office of State Assessment and senior management of the continued use of procedural validity documents in the test design and development process.
Coordinate with the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages to address accountability issues required by the United States Department of Education.
Ensure quality and measurement fidelity of test items and work with vendors, NYSED staff, and external content experts.
Propose and conduct research studies.
Document the development and administration of standardized State tests including: test development, reliability and validity, scaling and equating, standard setting, and score reporting.
Research and prepare reports for the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on issues or topics for discussion related to State tests.
Present various documents and issues to the TAC and document recommendations of the TAC.
Oversee external benchmarking and predictive validity. Based on analysis, make recommendations of modifications to the New York State testing program.
Serve as spokesperson for the SED testing program as needed, and advise the Commissioner of Education and the Board of Regents on technical issues.
Participate in stakeholder task forces charged with formulating new or revised policy drafts.
Oversee and manage work of external vendors developing statistical methodologies for determining educators effects on student academic growth.
Develop Requests for Proposals and Requests for Qualifications, and determine and confirm scope, time, and cost for external vendor projects.
Prepare and make formal presentations, written reports, and provide guidance on technical material or issues, including controversial findings.
Develop data-driven policy memos providing recommended solutions and options for enhancement of accountability (State growth and institutional) systems.
Supervise professional staff, and provide oversight and direction to analysts on statistical analysis.
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Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.
This title is non-competitive. No examination is necessary. However, you must still meet the Minimum Qualifications of the position.
An examination is not used to fill this title. You must meet the minimum qualifications of the title in order to be considered for this position. You must apply directly to the agency or agencies that have this title.
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