Director, Assessment Specialist, AP Latin and AP World Language

Job Title: Director, Assessment Specialist, AP Latin and AP World Language
Division: AP & Instruction

Location: Remote
Type: This is a Full-Time Position

About the Team

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 English, World Languages, and Arts department, which includes English Literature, English Language, Spanish Language, Italian Language, French Language, German Language, Chinese Language, Japanese Language, Latin, Music Theory, Spanish Literature, and Art and Design (2-D, 3-D, Drawing) is currently made up of 13 people supporting 14 courses in the AP portfolio.

About the Opportunity

The AP Latin and AP World Language Assessment Specialist is one of the primary points of contact in AP for all assessment content (inclusive of both formative and summative) for the AP Latin course and for the AP World Language (French, Italian, German) exams. As the AP Latin and World Language Assessment Specialist, you are responsible for the quality and validity of all assessment content for AP Latin and AP World Languages. The AP Latin and World Language Assessment Lead may also provide assessment development support in other related subject areas.

The AP Latin and AP World Language Assessment Specialist is responsible for all AP Latin and AP World Language item development and management from authoring to administration; training and collaborating with subject-matter experts (SMEs), typically college professors and secondary school teachers. S/he/they trains SMEs on assessment development protocols, translates between academics and technical experts (psychometricians), and collaborates to develop assessment materials and resources to support AP Latin and AP World Language teachers worldwide. The AP Latin and AP World Language Assessment Specialist also supports assessment functions, including item review and item entry across the English, World Languages, and Arts Department.

The AP Latin and AP World Language Assessment Specialist supports the AP Latin committee, AP World Language committees, and community of subject-matter experts as well as the curriculum and instruction for AP Latin and AP World Languages, as well as the strategic growth of AP Languages across the globe. Additionally, he/she/they will have the opportunity to present, speak, and moderate dialogue with academic and membership audiences to ensure that ongoing change and improvement within AP courses and exams is understood, accepted, and supported in secondary and post-secondary educational communities.  

In this role, you will:

Assessment Development and Scoring (85%)

• 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

• Develop, review, and approve AP Latin Exam content in collaboration with the Director, AP Latin lead and other AP World Language Assessment Specialists with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including the Assessment Production team, Test Development Committee, and the Chief Reader

• Support the 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 the Director’s stewardship as well as other committee meetings in the discipline as needed

• Make recommendations for AP Latin and AP World Language exam design improvements in collaboration with and aligned to other College Board initiatives

• Support the successful scoring of student AP Exams at the annual scoring event in person and online—the “AP Reading”—and review 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 discussions with other AP Curriculum & Assessment m