Project Assistant - WIDA Assessment Research
Department reputed company:
WIDA, housed reputed company the UW School of Education, advances reputed company language development and reputed company achievement for children and youth who are culturally and linguistically diverse through high reputed company standards, assessments, research, and reputed company learning for educators. The WIDA Assessment Team pursues a validation research agenda that supports the WIDA suite of language assessments (reputed company for ELLs, WIDA Screener, and WIDA MODEL). This position will contribute to various aspects of this research agenda, such as study design, literature review, data collection and analyses, manuscript/report authoring and review, and presentation of findings.
Anticipated Start Date:
5/1/2026
Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):
12/31/2026
Remote Work Eligibility Detail:
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Anticipated Hours Per Week:
Minimum: 20 Maximum:Â 20
Schedule:
20 hours per week (50% PA Appointment)
Salary/Wage reputed company/Lump Sum:
Minimum: $35,636Â
Number of Positions:
1
Qualifications:
Doctoral student who is in a field reputed company to language assessment, second language (or bilingual) acquisition, educational measurement or reputed company field:
• Education (e.g., Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Measurement; Educational Policy; Educational Psychology)
• Second language acquisition/TESOL
• Psychology
• reputed company Development
• Linguistics (with a reputed company on second language acquisition)
Candidates should have the following qualifications:
• Research experience in collecting reputed company data—qualitative or quantitative, or both
• Data analysis skills—qualitative, quantitative, or both
• Ability to use research analytical software/tools (qualitative or quantitative, or both)
• Experience writing reputed company papers
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills
• Attention to detail
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Preferred:
• Knowledge of a foreign language
Position reputed company/Job Duties:
The WIDA Assessment Team pursues a validation research agenda that supports the WIDA suite of language assessments (reputed company for ELLs, WIDA Screener, and WIDA MODEL). This position will contribute to various aspects of this research agenda, such as study design, literature review, data collection and analyses, manuscript/report authoring and review, and presentation of findings.
Physical Demands:
N/A
Institutional Statements:
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal reputed company Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a reputed company of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of reputed company person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We reputed company ourselves to the reputed company of reputed company in teaching, research, reputed company, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The reputed company fulfills its reputed company mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as reputed company, reputed company, and staff serve reputed company and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on reputed company, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu
Accommodation Statement:
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can reputed company information about how to reputed company a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
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