Overview

Role title: Measurement Scientist 

Location: Fully Remote

Salary range: $100,000 - $110,000

LSAC’s mission is to advance law and justice by promoting access, equity, and fairness in law school admission and supporting the learning journey from prelaw through practice. 

Overview

The Measurement Scientist will plan, direct, conduct, and monitor psychometric analyses in support of LSAC’s Assessments products. The person in this position serves as a psychometric consultant to numerous LSAC stakeholders, offering guidance and information on psychometric best practices, including but not limited to test validity, reliability, scoring, and optimal designs. The Measurement Scientist also serves as a technical advisor on psychometric and logistical issues to ensure timely and accurate score release.

Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The individual employed in this position will be required to:

• Monitor the statistical methodologies and results related to assessment administrations and propose modifications and enhancements to both psychometric and test development activities as appropriate.
• Provide professional psychometric guidance and consultation to both internal and external stakeholders both routinely and on an ad hoc basis.
• Explain and advise other staff members regarding statistical and psychometric issues, theories, or best practices.
• Perform or oversee data collection design, item analysis, calibration, equating, linking, and scaling, scoring, and generating technical or summary reports while effecting the highest levels of quality control.
• Perform or oversee specialized psychometric analyses such as differential item functioning, item drift, fit, and dimensionality analysis.
• Plan, coordinate, and supervise implementation of assessment psychometric activities, ensuring accuracy, consistency, integrity, and quality throughout all phases of the process.
• On a limited basis, and after obtaining approval from management, conduct limited applied psychometric research in support of specific Assessments goals.

Competencies

• Possess significant knowledge of linking, scaling, equating and related psychometric methods.
• Possess significant knowledge of IRT and CTT statistics and methods.
• Provide objective psychometric solutions to Assessments stakeholders.
• Provide timely feedback to Assessments leadership on ongoing initiatives.
• Possess knowledge of psychometric software (e.g., BILOG-MG)
• Exercise a continual learning mindset to ensure up-to-date skills.
• Exercise sound judgment and ethical conduct independent of direct supervision
• Must be diplomatic, self-motivated, resourceful, and flexible.
• Demonstrate ability to handle a heavy and varied workload.
• Exercise significant vigilance regarding data confidentiality.
• Demonstrate thought leadership.
• Exercise a positive attitude and demeanor.
• Approach problems proactively to prevent future issues.
• Excellent team player who excels at positive, effective cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Education and Experience

• Doctoral degree in psychometrics, educational measurement, educational psychology, or a psychometrics-related quantitative field required. Coursework in psychometrics and statistics required.
• Knowledge of psychometric measurement theory and practice including, but not limited to, validity, reliability, Item Response Theory, and Classical Test Theory.
• Minimum of one year of experience in an operational psychometric or statistical environment.
• Ability to program in SAS, BILOG-MG, or other appropriate software as needed, or willingness to learn quickly.
• Knowledge of advanced statistical and analytical methods to support investigations into new products or augmentation of existing products.

Additional Information

Supervisory Responsibilities

This role does not have people management responsibilities.

Position Type

The LSAC standard business hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. ET. While these are the standard office hours for LSAC, as an exempt employee, the employee will be expected to work the hours necessary to satisfactorily complete their assignments in a responsible and professional manner.

Work Environment

This job operates in a remote and professional office environment. Whether remote or in-office, this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Travel Requirements

Occasional travel is required for this position.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly write, hear, speak, and present materials.

Special Conditions or Requirements

Evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Additional Information:

Please note that this job description may not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Job responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.