Education Research Analyst -AAA

Education Research Analyst

This position is located in Baton Rouge, LA, within the Office of Assessment, Accountability, and Analytics. At the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE), our mission is to ensure every child is on track to a college degree, a professional career, or a life of success. The LDOE is committed to providing every child with the opportunities they need to graduate high school ready to succeed in a career, college, or service.

As part of this mission, the Department is responsible for a range of services including policy and regulations, funding, school oversight, research, and training.

We're looking for an Education Research Analyst to lead efforts related to the psychometric and technical integrity of statewide assessment programs. Applicants with the following experience are encouraged to apply:
The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, practical experience with at least one of SAS, SQL, R, or Python, experience working with large datasets, and a strong commitment to data quality and accuracy.

Minimum Qualifications:

A master's degree in education, statistics, mathematics, or in a data analytics, data management, information technology, or social sciences field.

Job Duties:

As an Education Research Analyst supporting statewide assessment programs, the employee will:

• Determines program goals and objectives to effectively develop and implement statewide assessment programs.
• Reviews scoring and reporting processing rules for all assessments and follow up with work requirements, due dates, and schedules for deliverables.
• Conducts technical and psychometric work for all statewide assessment programs including summative and non-­summative assessments. Technical work includes test design, standard setting, field test design, frameworks, test form construction, equating and scaling, sample selection, test data analyses, reporting of test scores, interpretation of results, performance level descriptors, validity studies, evaluation studies, data forensics, technical reports, Peer Review, federal reporting, TAC meeting presentations, and review/update assessment contracts.
• Works with test vendors to validate all psychometric procedures and ensure assessment scoring and reporting are accurate.
• Check student-level scoring, combining, demographic summarization, student reports, school reports, media reports, and prepare data for assessment release.
• Analyzes educational program data as it relates to assessment and accountability programs.
• Uses a variety of analytical and statistical methods and software packages to review and verify education data and reports for validity and accuracy, and directs lower level staff in such data review/verification activities.
• Prepares reports regarding assessment issues in response to legislative and policy makers requests.
• Performs all other duties as directed by the supervisor

Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type:
Probational, Promotional, or Job Appointment. The person hired for this position is expected to report to the Baton Rouge office as requested. Current permanent classified state employees may be required to accept a probationary appointment, if selected. Career Progression:
This position participates in a Career Progression Group. As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as an Education Research Analyst 1/2/3, depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant.

Work Schedule:

Workdays are Monday - Friday; work hours will be determined. Compensation:
The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Education Research Analyst 2 (TS-311) Hourly: $26.32 – $40.45 Monthly: $4,561.27 – $7,011.00 Annually: $54,735.20 – $84,136.00 Education Research Analyst 3 (TS-313) Hourly: $30.13 – $46.31 Monthly: $5,221.67 – $8,027.00 Annually: $62,660.00 – $96,325.00 Note regarding the advertised pay range:
Beginning at the Education Research Analyst 1 level, this series have a special entrance rate (SER) of $22.98/hour that is above the minimum hire rate for these positions. The maximum amounts listed are the maximum salary amounts a person can…