Senior Research Scientist - Center Policy Research
Listed on 2026-09-13
-
Research/Development
Research Scientist, Research Analyst, Research Assistant/Associate
Senior Research Scientist - Center for Policy Research
- Linked In
- Will this position have direct reports? :Yes
- Salary : TBD
About ETS:
ETS is a global education and talent solutions organization enabling lifelong learners worldwide to be future-ready. For more than 75 years, we've been advancing the science of measurement to build benchmarks for fair and valid skill assessment across cultures and borders. Our worldwide impact extends through our renowned assessments including TOEFL®, TOEIC®, GRE® and Praxis® tests, serving millions of learners in more than 200 countries and territories.
Through strategic acquisitions, we've expanded our global capabilities: PSI strengthens our workforce assessment solutions, while Edusoft, Kira Talent, Pipplet, Vericant, and Wheebox enhance our educational technology and assessment platforms across critical markets worldwide.
Through ETS Research Institute and ETS Solutions, we're partnering with educational institutions, governments, and organizations globally to promote skill proficiency, empower upward mobility, and unlock opportunities for everyone, everywhere. With offices and partners across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, we deliver nearly 50 million tests annually. Join us in our journey of measuring progress to power human progress worldwide.
The ETS Research Institute invites applications for a Senior Research Scientist position to lead and contribute to a research agenda focused on schooling, human capital development, workforce readiness, and economic mobility in an AI-enabled world.
The position will be housed in the Center for Policy Research, a new initiative at ETS dedicated to providing policymakers the research evidence they need to improve education and workforce systems Center’s research agenda focuses on the development of foundational skills (e.g., literacy, numeracy, etc.), durable skills (e.g., communication, critical thinking, etc.), and AI literacy in K-12 settings; college-to-career pathways; credentials of value;
job training; upskilling; and adult learning.
Particular areas of interest include (1) understanding and measuring the skills and capabilities that drive success in education and labor markets, including how advances in AI are reshaping skill demand, workforce readiness, and pathways to opportunity, and (2) generating evidence on the effectiveness of educational and workforce development pathways, including competency-based education (CBE), career and technical education (CTE), and other approaches designed to promote skill acquisition, employment, earnings growth, and long-term economic mobility.
We seek quantitative scientists to work in a dynamic research environment sitting at the intersection of innovative policy research methods, state-of-the art large scale assessment data, world-class measurement science, and policy impact. Scientists in the Center will directly interface with educational and workforce stakeholders at the federal, state, and local level to scope out policy challenges and produce applied research that can help address those challenges.
We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience directly collaborating with policymakers to identify evidence-based solutions. The successful candidate will join a growing team advancing ETS’s research agenda focused on policies and programs that impart the knowledge and skills that learners of all ages need for the workforce of the future. The job is based in ETS’ Washington, DC office.
Scientists in the Center are expected to represent ETS in the activities and functions of the city’s vibrant policy ecosystem.
- Conduct and publish rigorous policy research on education and workforce…
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).