Executive Director, Assessment & MTSS

Executive Director, Assessment & MTSS

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is a district on the rise, serving over 325,000 students in 500+ schools and employing over 45,000 people, most of them teachers. CPS has set ambitious goals to ensure that every student, in every school and every neighborhood, has access to a world-class learning experience that prepares each for success in college, career, and civic life. Aligned with our transformed philosophy, we are steadfastly focused on ensuring that the District provides resources equitably to support every student, every school, and every community.

Six core values guide the work we do every day for our students – student-centered, whole child, equity, academic excellence, community partnership, and continuous learning. Each role in the district supports our vision that every student deserves a rigorous, joyful, and equitable learning experience.

The Department of Student Assessment and MTSS empowers all CPS stakeholders with high-quality evidence of student learning to advance achievement, access, and opportunity for all students. The department supports schools in developing and implementing balanced assessment systems and a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Framework that enables educators to meet students' needs.

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Deputy Chief of Teaching & Learning, the Executive Director, Assessment & MTSS provides strategic vision, leadership, and administrative oversight for the district's comprehensive assessment and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) intervention frameworks. This role leads a high-performing department responsible for the policy, design, implementation logistics, data infrastructure, and continuous improvement of all large-scale, enrollment-based, curriculum-embedded, and teacher-evaluation assessments, as well as equity-based MTSS implementations across the district.

The Executive Director ensures assessment and MTSS systems are valid, reliable, accessible, instructionally meaningful, and used appropriately to inform decisions about student learning, instructional improvement, program quality, and equitable access to supports. By fostering cross-functional collaboration and managing critical relationships with state, union, vendor, and community partners, the Executive Director ensures that students across all networks have equitable access to high-quality assessment systems and coherent, evidence-based supports aligned with a rigorous, standards-aligned instructional experience.

This is a full-time, exempt position paid on a salary basis for time worked.

The Executive Director, Assessment & MTSS will be held accountable for the following responsibilities:

• Supervises, develops, and manages the performance of a team responsible for large-scale assessments, access and enrollment testing, curriculum-embedded assessments (Skyline), REACH performance tasks, data strategy, and MTSS frameworks
• Guides the department's long-term strategic plans, data inquiry cycles, and Continuous Improvement Plans to optimize operational efficiency and maximize positive impacts on student learning with an explicit lens for equity, access, and inclusion
• Spearheads district-wide policy development and standardization for the high-fidelity design, secure administration, implementation, and evaluation of all balanced assessment systems across the Pre-K through 12 grade continuum
• Oversees the strategic expansion, implementation, and continuous improvement of the district's equity-based MTSS framework as an integrated academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and attendance support system grounded in strong Tier 1 instruction, universal screening, progress monitoring, evidence-based interventions, and clear decision-making protocols
• Facilitates critical partnerships across Central Office departments to align assessment implementation, data reporting, and teacher evaluation integrations with broader district priorities;
  Advises the Law Department and other executive leadership on high-stakes assessment vulnerabilities, test security violations, and regulatory compliance metrics
• Serves as the primary representative and liaison for Chicago…