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The AP Curriculum and Assessment Team at College Board (40+ staff) collaborates with colleagues across all aspects of the AP Program to develop, manage, and deliver AP\'s 40+ courses in a wide variety of subject areas. AP is a rigorous academic program built on the commitment, passion, and hard work of students and educators from secondary schools and higher education. AP provides willing and academically prepared high school students with the opportunity to study and learn at the college level. AP\'s Course Leads and Assessment Leads ensure that course curricula are aligned to higher education expectations and reflect the state of the art in the discipline, contribute to instructional resources and tools for teachers, and develop assessments that allow students in these courses to demonstrate their mastery of course content and skills. The History/Social Science department, which includes history, art history, human geography, government and politics, economics, African American studies, and introduction to research is currently made up of 15 people supporting 12 courses in the AP portfolio.

About the Opportunity

As the Assessment Specialist for AP US Government & Politics, you are responsible for the quality and validity of all assessment content for the AP US Government & Politics Exam.

The Director/Assessment Specialist is the primary point of contact in AP for all assessment content for AP US Government & Politics, collaborating closely with the AP US Government & Politics History Course Lead (who leads curriculum development, guides instructional support, and reviews assessment content). The Assessment Specialist may provide assessment development support in other related subject areas. The Assessment Specialist is responsible for all item development and management from authoring to administration; training and collaborating with subject-matter experts (SMEs), typically college professors and secondary school teachers. The Assessment Specialist trains SMEs on assessment development protocols, translates between academics and technical experts (psychometricians), and collaborates to develop formative assessment materials and resources to support AP US Government & Politics teachers across the United States.

In this role, you will:

Assessment Development and Scoring (85%)

• Serve as the assessment leader for AP US Government & Politics, the primary person responsible for assessment development for AP US Government & Politics
• Be responsible for authoring/revising assessment content and training educator constituents to author assessment content, including selection of appropriate stimulus material, and applying best assessment practices
• Lead the development and management of all assessment content through iterative review stages with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including the AP US Government & Politics Course Lead, Assessment Production team, Test Development Committee, and the Chief Reader
• Be responsible for development of all assessment forms, ensuring the AP Exam development aligns with approved curricula and test specifications
• Conduct multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual meetings (during work week, evenings, or weekends) annually with each of the committees within your stewardship as well as other committee meetings in the discipline as needed
• Lead the successful scoring of student AP Exams at the annual scoring event in person and online-the \"AP Reading\"-and produce AP Reading publications materials for teacher and student use

Assessment Quality and Process (15%)

• Contribute to current research and best practices related to assessment; participate in regular di cussions with other AP Curriculum & Assessment members on the current assessment standards and practices to build a set of common, shared beliefs about AP\'s assessment directions within the larger educational and assessment community
• Contribute to processes for efficient, high quality assessment development
• Refine and improve question task models as well as exam design in collaboration with and aligned to other College Board initiatives
• Monitor and improve exam validity, reliability, fairness, and quality, as well as reader reliability in accordance with established Program thresholds
• Serve as a recognized and trusted resource within the community by collaboration with the AP Course Lead in engagement with the community to drive teacher satisfaction with the AP Government & Politics History Exam

About You

You have:

(Required) A Master\'s degree or PhD in Political Science, or a related field, and knowledge of current trends in the discipline, although a doctorate in the discipline is strongly preferred

(Required) Experience in standardized assessment development

Experience with digital assessment (preferred)

Teaching experience or applied professional experience in Government & Politics history, or related disciplinary fields with demonstrated aptitude to