Test Developer

Ascend Learning is a national leader in data driven, online educational solutions for learners, educators and employers in high-growth, licensure-driven professions spanning healthcare, fitness and wellness, skilled trades, insurance and financial services. We are passionate about accelerating learning while impacting job readiness, employment success and employee retention with the belief that our work changes lives.

Our culture is intentionally results-driven and selfless, with a relentless focus on our customers. We believe in trust, transparency, freedom, and responsibility with a commitment to meritocracy, inclusion, and diversity of thought. Continual investment in our over 1400 employees is also a core principle realized through ongoing professional development and providing opportunities to grow, develop and lead. Ascend Learning is headquartered in Burlington, MA, with additional office locations and remote workers in cities across the U.S. and in the U.K

Position Summary

This position is responsible for creating, maintaining, and editing assessments for Ascend Learning. The Test Developer must ensure that each assessment meets the specifications defined by stakeholders while also ensuring product quality and on-time delivery. Coordination across various departments is required to develop content, ensure content validity, communicate progress, and resolve issues. The Test Developer must maintain the company's internal database and records to create and deliver assessments. The Test Developer is also responsible for beta testing assessments for quality and end-user functionality.

Responsibilities

A Test Developer is responsible for performing the following duties with minimal oversight and an acceptable error rate.

• Use an internal database to create and maintain assessments (high stakes, low stakes, and certification) to predetermined specifications while meeting established deadlines and coordinating with cross-functional teams, including psychometrics, content experts, media development, and project management.
• Coordinate and lead Item Review meetings with content experts while transcribing the input of content experts, navigating an internal database, ensuring that everyone stays on task, and accounting for all test requirements.
• Responsible for documenting assembly tasks in detail, building tests, performing testing in a production environment, and coordinating to ensure that all issues are resolved before final product release.
• Copyedit products to ensure consistency with company standards.
• Understand the various steps within the test development process, why they are performed, and when they should be modified. Use this knowledge to contribute to process modification and/or the resolution of customer support inquiries.
• Assist manager to coordinate with IT teams to create, test, and release new functionality, prevent incidents, and troubleshoot issues.
• Provide administration and management of internal databases.
• Prepare pretest items and perform pretest rotations as needed to maintain bank health.
• Analyze assigned item bank and identify item development targets for content experts.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree
• Two years' editing experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to trouble shoot and solve problems using available resources
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Knowledge of editing and proofreading
• Ability to follow instructions carefully and thoroughly
• Ability to plan and organize work, set priorities, and direct own activities
• Desire to take accountability of projects and quality
• Desire and ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Other Requirements: Must be able to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends.

This position requires that the employee be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless an exemption has been granted by Ascend Learning for a religious, health-related or other legally mandated reason, which will be considered on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law. Ascend will accept all COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved or authorized for Emergency Use Authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or COVID-19 vaccines recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Individuals are considered "fully vaccinated" (1) two weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series (such as Pfizer or Moderna vaccines); or (2) two weeks after a single-dose vaccine (such as Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine). Ascend Learning's current policy also requires that individuals visiting our offices be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

In line with our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our employees, if we choose to interview you and you are fully vaccinated, we may invite you to interview in our office. If you are not fully vaccinated and we choose to interview you, we will arrange for a virtual interview.

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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