Western Governors University (WGU) is seeking an Assessment Developer to create and maintain objective and performance-based assessments to support their mission of expanding access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs.
Requirements
- 3+ years of assessment design and development experience.
- Experience with both objective and performance assessment.
- Experience in online assessment and education.
- Experience managing vendor and external resources relationships.
- Strong experience with distance education and distance learning students.
- Using AI development tools.
Responsibilities
- Manages the design and development process for both objective and performance assessments, including milestones and timelines, and tracks progress.
- Organizes and facilitates workshops for internal assessment development and review.
- Oversees subject matter expert involvement in the design, development, and review processes, as well as in the validation of an assessment’s congruency and accuracy.
- Maintains assessment design and development standards to ensure assessment integrity.
- Identifies and mitigates risks that may impact the quality or on-time delivery of assessments.
- Develops and implements item- and exam-level scoring guidelines and validates the successful implementation of these guidelines.
- Oversees assessment QA processes, identifying and resolving issues and trends, as required.
Other
- This position requires you to live in Utah and work at our headquarters: 4001 South 700 East Salt Lake City, UT 84107 with the ability to work a hybrid schedule in the office 4 days a week with one day remote.
- Communicates project status updates to cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Works with cross-functional teams to ensure projects have appropriate resources and realistic timelines and to solve any content-related issues regarding the assessments.
- Collaborates with the assessment team to define and execute assessment policies, processes, and best practices.
- Ensures alignment and consistency of assessments to WGU’s business objectives.
