Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Ensures alignment of assessments with best practices in competency-based education model and WGU assessment integrity policies.
Provides thought leadership and strategic vision for the continuous improvement of student outcomes and overall health and quality of assessments.
Ensures alignment of assessment traverse with proficiencies, skills and competencies in programs, courses, and non-degree offerings.
Translates requirements into clearly defined specifications and actions.
Contributes to models for formative and summative assessments.
Collaborates with internal and external partners throughout the design, development, and deployment of assessments.
Collaborates with the technology, design, and development teams to ensure the creation and adoption of flexible, valid, reliable, data-driven assessment tools.
As required, provides training, consultation, or guidance to team members and partners on assessment models, assessment design and development practices, and data-driven, evidence-based practices in assessment.
Consults with Program Development and Psychometrics teams on scoring methods, rubric development, and other assessment tools and models.
Collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders to explore and determine innovations and improvements to the existing student experience and processes based on data, key performance indicators, current practice, and emerging trends.
Collaborates with peers across colleges to ensure continuity of process and strategy for assessments
Monitors assessment portfolio health across the assessment lifecycle.
Achieves and reports on critical assessment metrics.
Provides student-facing responses to student appeals.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:
Demonstrated technical knowledge of high-stakes assessment development practices
Demonstrated ability to proactively and creatively solve problems related to assessment design and development
Practical understanding of teaching and learning, educational trends and research
Demonstrated skill in providing training as well as persuasively explaining complex assessment policy and best practices
Proven ability to analyze data to identify trends and drive improvement
Ability to build relationships and work effectively in a highly matrixed organization
Excellent organizational and project management skills, including the ability to effectively handle multiple tasks and pay attention to detail