Senior Psychometrician & Measurement Scientist

Pearson; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson seeks a Specialist, Psychometrician to lead psychometric activities across development and operational testing programs. You will apply rigorous methodologies in CTT, IRT, and linking, and contribute to standard setting and documentation.

You will collaborate with researchers, program teams, and clients, advancing innovative testing frameworks and aligning with Pearson’s standards for educational measurement.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in educational measurement or a closely related field from a nationally recognized institution of higher education.
• Relevant professional experience in psychometrics across operational assessment programs.

Responsibilities

• Provides full range of psychometric support across programs and projects.
• Conducts item calibration, linking, and equating under guidance of senior psychometricians.
• Develops linear test forms and designs field test plans.
• Supports operational research studies and dissemination of findings.

Skills

Psychometric theory

Classical test theory

IRT and equating

Scaling and linking

Standard setting

AI-enabled tools

Education

PhD in Educational Measurement or related field

Tools

SAS

R

Python

WINSTEPS

IRTPro

Job description

Pearson seeks a Specialist, Psychometrician to lead psychometric activities across development and operational testing programs. You will apply rigorous methodologies in CTT, IRT, and linking, and contribute to standard setting and documentation.

You will collaborate with researchers, program teams, and clients, advancing innovative testing frameworks and aligning with Pearson’s standards for educational measurement.