Senior Director, Assessment Manager, Physical Sciences

A strong, internal candidate has been identified for this role.

About the Team

The Advanced Placement (AP®) Curriculum and Assessment Team (90+ staff) supports College Board in serving more than seven million students a year as they prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success — specifically through the AP® Program. 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. With more than 40+ courses in a wide variety of subject areas, we are committed to promoting innovation, equity, and excellence for generations of students. AP content teams 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 Science department, which includes Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics (Physics 1, Physics 2, Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, Physics C: Mechanics), Psychology, and Anatomy & Psychology is currently made up of 17 people supporting 8 courses in the AP portfolio.

About the Opportunity

As the Senior Director, Manager, AP Science, you will manage a small team of content experts in Physics, including AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2, guiding their assessment work and deliverables, as well as managing their training and development in assessment best practices. The Senior Director, Manager, AP Science, serves as the primary point of contact in AP for all assessment content for AP Physics collaborating closely with other AP Science Managers, and may provide assessment development support in other related subject areas. The Senior Director, Manager, AP Science 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 Senior Director, Manager, AP Science, 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 Physics teachers worldwide.

In this role, you will:

Assessment Development and Scoring (34%)

• Be responsible for overseeing the development and management of all assessment content through iterative review stages with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including the content team members of AP Physics courses, Assessment Production team, Test Development Committees, and the Chief Readers 
• Be responsible for overseeing the authoring/revising of assessment content and training educator constituents to author assessment content, including selection of appropriate stimulus material, and applying best assessment practices for AP Physics
• Be responsible for overseeing the development of all assessment forms for AP Physics, ensuring the AP Exam development aligns with approved curricula and test specifications 
• Be responsible for overseeing multiple face-to-face meetings and virtual meetings (during work week, evenings, or weekends) annually with each of the committees within the Senior Director’s stewardship as well as other committee meetings in Physics, as needed 
• Be responsible for overseeing 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 for AP Physics

Assessment Quality and Process (33%)

• Contribute to current research and best practices related to assessment; participate in regular discussions 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 Leads in engagement with the community to drive teacher satisfaction with AP Physics

Team Management and Deliverables (33%)

• Manage an