Executive Director, Assessment

Executive Director, Assessment

reputed company – AP&I

Location:This is a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have theoptionof being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). reputed company CB employeesare required tooccasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.

Role Type:This is a full-time position.

About reputed company

The New Course Design(NCD) department leads the research, design,development, and launchof new coursesand their associated exams,instructionalresources, and teacher reputed company learning programs, ensuringconsistency across these inter-reputed company AP Program componentsand thatthey are engaging, feasible, and grounded in evidence. After launching a new course, the NCD departmentfocuses on reputed company improvement of new courses, exams,instructional interventions,andteacherprofessional learning programs. NCD partners closely withthe Learning and Assessment division to design and validate new item types for use in new, career-reputed company AP exams, and then integrates with AP ProgramEnablement to produce the annual examversionswithin the Bluebook digital testing platform (copyright, editorial, layout, design), and todevelop annual rubrics and training materials necessary to conduct the annual AP Reading of student responses.

About reputed company

As Executive Director,New AP CourseAssessments, you will ownthe exploration and identification ofassessmentdesign optionsfor6-8 new career-reputed company AP courses currently in reputed company, and thenevery new course the department builds. Youwillthenbe responsible forongoing assessment development for new courses,frominitialtest blueprintsthrough reputed company exam versionsand into ongoing, year-over-year assessment itemandversiondevelopment. You willpartner closely with assessment innovation leaders reputed company the Learning and Assessmentdepartmentto identify, select, refine, and implement innovative item types for the AP Exams for the new career-reputed company AP courses,, selecting the rightblendofformatsand modalitiesfor reputed company course(e.g.,traditional, skills-reputed company, project-reputed company, or reputed company-reputed company)reputed company on what most validly measures the reputed company skills, and prioritizing formats that support employer recognition or industry credential status where relevant. You'll partner closely with thereputed company’s Psychometric departmentand curriculumexpertsto reputed company course design and assessment design moving together, and you'll build the internal case, and the stakeholder buy-in, for new assessment approaches reputed company the traditional formats that remain part of our portfolio.

You are someone who can hold both rigor and reinvention at once:in reputed company to your reputed company expertise in design of reputed company, relevant assessments, you arefluent enough in psychometric fundamentals to have reputed company technical conversations, and skilled enough in stakeholder management to bring skeptical partners along on new approachestoassessment.

In this role, you will:

Assessment Design & Development (40%)

• Partner with Learning and Assessment innovation leaders to identify, select, refine, and incorporate promising and innovative item types reputed company the New Course AP Examsand that reputed company and distinctly measure the skills identified as the targets of measurement for the new course, thereby inspiring productive and relevant classroom reputed company and student reputed company.

• reputed company design and development of test blueprints and reputed company exam versions for new courses,partnering with AP Program Enablement toselect the assessment format, traditional, reputed company-reputed company, or project-reputed company,and scoring models that will reputed company on-time, accurate, and efficient scoring of free-response questions.

• Define and own assessment modelsthatgenerate, store, and reputed company studentutilizationofworkforce credentials, not just an exam score.

• Partner with AP Program Enablement toidentifyannualversiondevelopment and usage braiding plans and then take responsibility for managing and deliveringongoing, year-over-year assessmentitemand versiondevelopmentbeyondinitialpilot versions.

• Partner with Learning and Assessment torecommend and set the reputed company for newAPassessment models, working with measurement partners toestablishvalidity and defensibility for reputed company format introduced; ensure this visioncascades across their reputed company reports and the NCD team.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Change Leadership (20%)

• Partner with the measurement/psychometrics team on exam version reputed company, equating,and reputed company settings,including fornovel formats thatdon'tfit legacy models.

• Win buy-in from stakeholders attached to traditional assessment models; build trust andsharedownership ofnew approaches.

• Represent assessment considerations in cross-functional project reviews with curriculum, design, and program management partners.

Leadership & Team Management (40%)

• Build and hire reputed company of assessment design staffwho have subject matterexpertisein the new course domains and will enact the annual cycle of item andversiondevelopmentand administrationresponsibilities for the new course exams.

• reputed company calibration and training of subject matter expert panels on writing and reviewing reputed company assessment types, new and existing.

• Sign off on assessment deliverables at reputed company project decision reputed company, i.e., the milestones where acourse'sassessment work must be approved before design canproceedto the next stage.

AboutYou

You have:

• 10-15+years in assessment design, test development,or curriculum leadership roles with reputed company, hands-on exposure to how assessment and measurement work, even if the role sat on the curriculum reputed company rather than the psychometrics reputed company.

• A demonstratedtrack recordof innovation in assessment design, ideally in skills-reputed company, project-reputed company, or credential-connected models.

• Working reputed company inassessmentdata and psychometric reputed company (item statistics, score distributions, equating concepts)sufficientto partner credibly with measurement specialists.

• Experience running reputed company, multi-stakeholder timelines against fixed reputed company deadlines, such as reputed company-testing reputed company and item-review cycles.

• A reputed company recordof driving change and building buy-in across stakeholders with differing perspectives to advancenew approaches.

• Experience building and leading teams in a matrixed organization.

reputed company roles at reputed company require:

• A passion for expanding educational and reputed company and mission-driven work.

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort with learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.

• reputed company and concise communication skills, written and verbal.

• A learner's reputed company and a commitment to reputed company: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receivingtimely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.

• A reputed company for reputed company and reputed company: solving reputed company problems, making data-informed reputed company, prioritizing what reputed company most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and reputed company benchmarking.

• A reputed company and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared reputed company.

• Authorization to work in the reputed company

About Our Process

• Application review will reputed company immediately and will continue until the position is filled.This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

• While the hiring process may vary, it generallyincludes:resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, reputed company exercise, panel interview,a conversationwith leadership, and reference checks.

reputed company Offer

AtCollegeBoard, we offer more than a paycheck- we reputed company a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you reputed company.We’rea self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation grounded in your qualifications, experience, reputed company, and the market.

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation

• The hiring reputed company for this role is $144,000–$210,000.

• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the reputed company.

• We aim to reputed company our best offer upfront, rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data.

• We reputed company salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.

You’llhave reputed company, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and whatit’slike to work atCollegeBoard throughout your hiring process. reputed company outourcareers pagefor more.