ELPA21 Implementation Project Manager

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Special Instructions to Applicants

Resume and cover letter are required. The position is primarily a hybrid position requiring on-site presence at UCLA. However, candidates who reside outside commuting distance may request consideration for fully remote work.

Department Summary

The Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a pioneering research institution founded in 1986. Dedicated to advancing educational assessment and evaluation, CRESST leads in innovative strategies to enhance teaching and learning outcomes. Our expertise spans assessment design, scoring, and application across diverse educational settings. We specialize in developing technological architectures for learning and drive advancements in performance assessment at scale, alongside the development of psychometric and statistical models for evidence-based inferences.

Position Summary

Under the direction of the Assessment Design Manager, serve as an Implementation Project Manager for English Language Proficiency Assessment for the 21st Century (ELPA21), a large, complex national educational testing and research program housed in the School of Education and Information Studies' Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST). Primary duties include, but are not limited to, planning, managing, collecting, analyzing, and creating documentation to align with the Assessment Design Manager's vision. The team member will collect and assemble program and client information to develop project documents, statements of work, and requirements in support of item design, development and maintenance of assessments, and assessment delivery. The team member will be responsible for project management for multiple projects, including both routine annual assessment implementation tasks, improvements to existing assessments, and creation of new test items. The team member will make preliminary analyses of clients' needs to lay the groundwork for new projects and change orders, and will create and maintain descriptive project reports expanding upon Assessment Design and Research priorities including test delivery volume, issues related to assessment design, milestone and KPI reporting. The team member will manage Assessment Design Advisory Committee meeting planning, coordination of state advisory committee members' attendance as well as oversee communication materials for state clients. They will serve as liaison between state clients, vendors, and CRESST Business Office to facilitate recruitment of educators for feedback panels, manage payment and reimbursements, plan and schedule panel events, and management of the panel events. The team member will also lead the work to create new ELPA21 test items in the assessment vendor's testing platform, including creation and maintenance of related data and item specifications.

Salary & Compensation

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Schedule

8 : 00 a.m. to 5 : 00 p.m

Union / Policy Covered

99-Policy Covered

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