Assessment Developer

The Assessment Developer (AD) is responsible for the development and maintenance of Western Governors University's (WGU) objective and performance-based assessments. An AD facilitates design and development workshops using industry best practices to ensure assessment validity and reliability.

Requirements

• Manage the design and development process for both objective and performance assessments
• Communicate project status updates to cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure projects have appropriate resources and realistic timelines
• Organize and facilitate workshops for internal assessment development and review
• Maintain assessment design and development standards to ensure assessment integrity
• Identify and mitigate risks that may impact the quality or on-time delivery of assessments
• Collaborate with the assessment team to define and execute assessment policies, processes, and best practices
• Ensure alignment and consistency of assessments to WGU's business objectives
• Develop and implement item- and exam-level scoring guidelines and validate the successful implementation of these guidelines
• Oversee assessment QA processes, identifying and resolving issues and trends, as required
• Maintain knowledge of exam performance and make necessary quality improvement adjustments throughout the exam lifecycle
• Participate in cross-functional team to implement exam security measures

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
• Health savings account and flexible spending account
• Basic and voluntary life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
• Legal and identity theft coverage
• Retirement savings plan
• Wellbeing program
• Discounted WGU tuition
• Flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation
• Flexible paid sick time
• 11 paid holidays
• Up to 12 weeks of parental leave