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Director – AP Japanese Language and Culture Assessment Lead

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College Board

College Board

Compensation Overview

$80k - $135kAnnually

Senior, Expert

Remote in USA

Category
Management Consulting
Consulting
Requirements
  • A Master’s degree in Japanese Language or a directly related discipline and knowledge of current trends in the discipline (required), although a doctorate in the discipline is strongly preferred
  • Native to near-native fluency in Japanese (required)
  • Experience in standardized assessment development (required)
  • Technical acumen and aptitude; proficiency with Microsoft Office and use of browser-based applications and tools
  • Authorized to work in the U.S.
Responsibilities
  • Serve as the assessment leader for AP Japanese Language and Culture, the primary person responsible for assessment development for AP Japanese Language and Culture
  • 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 Japanese Language and Culture 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 the Director’s 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
  • 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 Lead in engagement with the community to drive teacher satisfaction with the AP Japanese Language and Culture Exam

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