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About the Role

As the Senior Director, AP Art History and History-Social Science Assessment Generalist, you will preserve and improve the quality and validity of the AP Program’s core deliverables, including the exam, course curriculum, and professional development content. You will manage item development from authoring to administration, train and collaborate with subject-matter experts, and ethically integrate AI technologies in assessment creation and review.

Responsibilities

Serve as an assessment leader for AP Art History and History-Social Science, with primary responsibility for assessment development and final assessment approval.
Lead processes for authoring and revising assessment content, including training educator constituents.
Leverage generative AI to author and/or review assessment content to improve and/or make more efficient assessment processes and outputs.
Lead the development and management of assessment content (formative and summative) and scoring materials for AP Art History and History-Social Science.
Lead the development of assessment forms for AP Art History and History-Social Science, ensuring alignment with approved curricula and test specifications.
Lead multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual meetings annually with the AP Art History and History-Social Science Test Development Committees.
Train and directly supervise Test Development Committee members in AP Art History and History-Social Science.
Lead the successful scoring of student responses for AP Art History and History-Social Science Exams at the annual scoring event.
Contribute to current research and best practices in assessment, and engage regularly with AP Curriculum & Assessment colleagues.
Provide functional leadership of cross-subject assessment workstreams to ensure consistency and leverage efficiencies.
Provide formal training and informal mentoring to other Course Experts within AP Art History and History-Social Science.
Develop strong efficiencies in item development through well-defined and well-documented task models, item development training and processes, and highly effective use of generative AI.
Lead initiatives to refine and improve question task models as well as exam design in collaboration with AP Curriculum & Assessment leaders.
Monitor exam validity, security, reliability, fairness, and quality, as well as reader reliability for AP Art History and History-Social Science exam.
Collaborate with psychometrics and AP Curriculum & Assessment staff to establish fair, reliable, and valid cut scores for AP Art History and History-Social Science exam.
Train and support course experts in assessment development practices, including quality, validity, fairness, and use of generative AI.
Mentor team members in effectively facilitating test development committees and working with external stakeholders.
Refine and improve AP Art History and History-Social Science Course Framework to ensure clear and explicit learning outcomes.
Collaborate with AP teams to support the development of new products for AP Art History and History-Social Science.

Requirements

A Master’s degree in Art History or a directly related discipline, and knowledge of current trends in the discipline.
Expertise in Art History and History-Social Science with at least 10 years of experience in standardized assessment development or related work.
Strong oral and written communication skills, with solid technical proficiency and a customer-focused mindset.
Excellent organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain close attention to detail, including proofreading.
Demonstrated ability to implement processes and procedures, manage project plans and schedules, and maintain tracking documentation.
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across all levels, and engage in giving and receiving constructive feedback.
Ability to travel 6-8 times per year, plus up to two additional weeks for the AP Reading.
Must be eligible to work in the United States.
A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work.
Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort with learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.
Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal.
A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.
A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.
A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success.
Authorization to work in the United States.

Skills

Standardized assessment development
Digital assessment
Teaching
Generative AI
Assessment creation
Assessment review
Item development
Test development
Curriculum development
Professional development
AI technologies
AI assisted tools
Psychometrics
Formative assessment
Summative assessment
Scoring materials
Test Development Committees
AP Reading
Cross-subject assessment workstreams
Item task models
Exam design
Exam validity
Exam security
Exam reliability
Exam fairness
Reader reliability
Cut scores
Course Framework refinement
New product development

Location

Remote

Work Type

Full-time
Remote
Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior
10 years of experience in standardized assessment development or related work

Education Level

Master's degree in Art History or a directly related discipline
Doctorate in the discipline is strongly preferred

Salary/Compensations

$112,000-165,000

Benefits

Meaningful career
Supportive team
Comprehensive package designed to help you thrive

About the Company

The AP Curriculum and Assessment Team at College Board (125+ staff) collaborates with colleagues across all aspects of the AP Program to develop, manage, and deliver AP’s 43 courses in a wide variety of subject areas.
AP® is a rigorous academic program built on the commitment, passion, and hard work of students and educators from secondary schools and higher education.
AP provides willing and academically prepared high school students with the opportunity to study and learn at the college level.
AP’s course teams comprised of educators and disciplinary experts ensure that course curricula are aligned to higher education expectations and reflect the state of the art in the discipline, contribute to instructional resources and tools for teachers, and develop assessments that allow students in these courses to demonstrate their mastery of course content and skills.
AP leads in strategic use of AI to expand student access, strengthen instructional design and professional support, and enhance assessment creation and exam analysis.
The English, World Languages, and Arts department, which includes English Literature, English Language, Spanish Language, Italian Language, French Language, German Language, Chinese Language, Japanese Language, Latin, Music Theory, Spanish Literature, and Art and Design is currently made up of 28 people supporting 14 courses in the AP portfolio.
The Science department, which includes biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, environmental science, anatomy and physiology, and Research, is currently made up of 20 people supporting 10 courses in the AP portfolio.
The History and Social Science department, which includes history, art history, human geography, government and politics, economics, business, African American studies, and Seminar, is currently made up of 28 people supporting 12 courses in the AP portfolio.
The Math and Computer Science department, which includes computer science, precalculus, calculus, and statistics, is currently made up of 11 people supporting 6 courses in the AP portfolio.
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