The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) is charged with implementing the state's public school laws for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public schools at the direction of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and State Board of Education. 

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is seeking applicants for a Psychometrician for our Office of Accountability and Testing, Psychometric and Test Design Section. 

The Office of Accountability and Testing is responsible for developing and implementing the Annual Testing Program in grades 3–12 and the school accountability program. To accomplish its mission, the office is comprised of four sections: Psychometric and Test Design, Testing Policy and Operations, Test Development, and Analysis and Reporting. The work of the office is organizationally and technically complex and requires the application of statistics, research and designs methods, and logistical planning and execution daily. Administrative and policy decision-making at the levels of the U.S. Department of Education, U. S. Congress, the North Carolina General Assembly, the State Board of Education, and the Department of Public Instruction directly and indirectly impact the office’s activities and its operations on a routine basis. The office’s work encompasses highly sensitive and confidential information/data as the assessment program generates results for individual students, teachers, schools, and school districts in the state for grades 3–12.

This position collaborates with the test development team to lead the design, construction, and maintenance of technically sound assessments for the North Carolina end-of-grade (EOG) and end-of-course (EOC) tests in grades 3–8 and high school and the associated alternate assessments (NCEXTEND1) by applying adequate psychometric procedures that will result in high quality and reliable state assessments that are used to make valid interpretations about students’ performance as required by state and federal statutes. This position is also responsible for analyzing student test data, writing, publishing, and maintaining technical reports for all state assessments which details the full test development, assembly, analysis, and scoring procedures to support the department assessment peer review submission to the U.S. Department of Education. Additional duties as assigned. 

Hybrid schedule is available per supervisor approval.

Note: To receive credit for your work history and credentials, you must list the information on the State of North Carolina application in the Education and Work Experience sections of the application form. Any information omitted from the application cannot be considered for qualifying credit. NC DPI welcomes attached or incorporated resumes, cover letters and reference information, but these items will not be used for screening for qualifying credit. 

Please make sure the application is completed in full. "See Resume" or "See Attachment" will NOT be accepted.

EEO Statement:

The State of North Carolina and the Department of Public Instruction provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

• Demonstrated educational training and/or experience in psychological measurements, large scale educational testing and/or research.
• Demonstrated experience with statistical programming skills (Ex. SAS).
• Demonstrated experience interpreting test measurements and/or technical ideas and concepts.

MANAGEMENT PREFERENCES: 

• Working knowledge of SAS programming.
• Working knowledge of Item Response Theory software such as IRTpro.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in written form.

NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS: 

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an “equivalent combination of education and experience.” If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See oshr.nc.gov/experience-guide for details.

All applicants must complete and submit a State application for employment using the NEOGOV Online Job Application System (Job Opportunities | Sorted by Job Title ascending | Careers (governmentjobs.com)for the State of North Carolina. Any applications not received by the advertisement closing date and time will not be accepted outside of the portal. To receive credit for work history and credentials, the applicant must list the information on the online application form. Any information omitted from the application cannot be considered for qualifying credit. NC DPI welcomes attached or incorporated resumes, cover letters and reference information, but these items will not be used for screening for qualifying credit.
 
 Please make sure the application is completed in full. If you put "See Resume" or "See Attachment" on your application instead of a completed application with detailed work duties, your application will NOT be accepted. Other attachments (except a DD-214 copy) will also be accepted, but not used in screening for qualifying credit.
 
 Applicants are required to scan and attach a copy of their DD-214 (Form 4 or Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) or discharge orders if they wish to obtain Veteran's preference.
 
 Reference checks will be performed on all selected candidates. If the position requires a background check and/or drug screening that will also be performed on all selected candidates.
 
 Applicants may be subject to a criminal background check. All candidates selected for positions considered "Positions of Trust" will be subject to a criminal background check.

 To check the status of an application, please log in to your NC Government Job Opportunities account and click "Application Status". 

 For technical issues with your application, please call the NeoGov Help Line at 877-204-4442. If you have a technical issue with your Government Jobs account, please call their Help Line at 1-855-524-5627.

NOTE: Applicants will be communicated with via email only for updates on the status of their application or any questions on their application.

If there are any questions about this posting other than your application status, please contact NC Department of Public Instruction Human Resources.

Contact Information

Houston Davis, Agency Recruiter

Email: houston@dpi.nc.gov

Applications for positions requiring specific coursework must be accompanied by a copy of the applicant's transcript. Applicants with degrees not conferred at a United States college or university must attach verification that their degree is equivalent to a similar degree from a U.S. institution. The Office of State Human Resources uses the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) as a referral resource for applicants who need to have their credentials certified as equivalent. For a list of organizations that perform this specialized service, please visit the NACES membership website at http://www.naces.org/members.htm. Transcripts, degree evaluations and cover letters may be uploaded with your application.