Senior Director, AP Calculus Assessment Lead - REQ001650_2-3175

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Senior Director, AP Calculus Assessment Lead - REQ001650_2-3175

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This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For moreinformation, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/6554457 Senior Director, AP Calculus Assessment Lead
College Board - A&I
Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CBoffices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday andWednesday in office).
Type:This is a full-time position
About the Team
The AP Curriculum and Assessment Team at College Board (60+ staff)collaborates with colleagues across all aspects of the AP Program todevelop, manage, and deliver AP\'s 40+ courses in a wide variety ofsubject areas. AP is a rigorous academic program built on thecommitment, passion, and hard work of students and educators fromsecondary schools and higher education. AP provides willing andacademically prepared high school students with the opportunity to studyand learn at the college level. AP\'s Course Leads and Assessment Leadsensure that course curricula are aligned to higher educationexpectations and reflect the state of the art in the discipline,contribute to instructional resources and tools for teachers, anddevelop assessments that allow students in these courses to demonstratetheir mastery of course content and skills. The STEM department, whichincludes computer science, mathematics, the sciences, and statistics, iscurrently made up of 17 people supporting 15 courses in the APportfolio.
About the Opportunity
As the Assessment Lead for AP Calculus, you are responsible for ensuringthe quality and validity of all assessment content for the AP CalculusAB and AP Calculus BC exams.
The Senior Director, AP Calculus Assessment Lead serves as the leaderand primary point of contact in AP for all assessment content for thetwo AP Calculus courses, collaborating closely with the AP CalculusCourse Lead (who leads curriculum development, guides instructionalsupport, and reviews assessment content). The Assessment Lead mayprovide assessment development support in other related subject areas.The Assessment Lead is responsible for all item development andmanagement from authoring to administration; training and collaborationwith subject-matter experts (SMEs), typically college professors andsecondary school teachers. The Assessment Lead trains SMEs on assessmentdevelopment protocols, translates between academics and technicalexperts (psychometricians), and collaborates to develop formativeassessment materials and resources to support AP Calculus teachersworldwide.
In this role, you will:
Assessment Development and Scoring (80-85%)
Serve as the assessment leader for AP Calculus, the primary personresponsible for leading and visioning the assessment development forAP Calculus
Be responsible for authoring/revising assessment content andtraining educator constituents to author assessment content,including selection of appropriate stimulus material, and applyingbest assessment practices
Lead the development and management of all assessment contentthrough iterative review stages with multiple internal and externalstakeholders, including the AP Calculus Course Lead, AssessmentProduction team, Test Development Committee, and the Chief Reader
Be responsible for development of all assessment forms, ensuring theAP Exam development closely aligns with approved curricula and testspecifications
Conduct multiple face-to-face and virtual meetings (during workweek, evenings, or weekends) annually with each of the testdevelopment committees within the Senior Director\'s stewardship aswell as other professional meetings in the discipline, as needed
Ensure the successful scoring of both the AP Calculus AB and APCalculus BC exams at the \"AP Reading.\" Lead and facilitate theannual scoring events in person and online and p oduce AP Readingpublications materials for teacher and student use
Assessment Quality & Process (10-15%)
Contribute to current research and best practices related toassessment; participate in regular discussions with other APCurriculum & Assessment members on the current assessment standardsand practices to build a set of common, shared beliefs about AP\'sassessment directions within the larger educational and assessmentcommunity
Contribute to processes for efficient, high-quality assessmentdevelopment
Refine and improve question task models as well as exam design incollaboration with and aligned to other College Board initiatives
Monitor and improve exam validity, reliability, fairness, andquality, as well as reader reliability in accordance withestablished program thresholds
Serve as a recognized and trusted resource within the community bycollaboration with the AP Course Lead in engagement with thecommunity to drive teacher satisfaction with the AP Calculus AB andAP Calculus BC Exams
Training/Mentoring of Staff and Collaboration with Teams (5-10%)
Train and support other Assessment Leads in assessment developmentpractices, including quality, validity, and fairness in AP assessmentdevelopment an

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