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About the Role

The AP Curriculum and Assessment Team at College Board collaborates to develop, manage, and deliver AP’s 43 courses. AP provides academically prepared high school students the opportunity to study and learn at the college level. This role is responsible for preserving and improving the quality and validity of the AP Program’s core deliverables within the Spanish Language and Spanish Literature subject domain: the exam, the course curriculum, and professional development content. This includes item development and management, training and collaborating with subject-matter experts, and ethically integrating AI technologies in assessment creation and review.

Responsibilities

Serve as an assessment leader for AP Spanish Language and Spanish Literature with primary responsibility for assessment development and final assessment approval.
Develop and review content, and provide final program sign-off on test forms.
Seamlessly move in and out of assessment workstreams across subjects, leveraging expertise about assessment, assessment processes, and content domain expertise.
Independently 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.
Independently lead the development and management of assessment content (formative and summative) and scoring materials for AP Spanish Language and Spanish Literature through iterative review stages.
Independently lead the development of assessment forms for AP Spanish Language and Spanish Literature, ensuring alignment with approved curricula and test specifications.
Lead multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual meetings annually with the AP Spanish Language and Spanish Literature Test Development Committees.
Independently strategize and develop an agenda and approach to ensure committee meeting productivity.
Successfully adapt and pivot during committee meetings as needed.
Successfully resolve all post-meeting item content edits.
Train and directly supervise Test Development Committee members in AP Spanish Language and Spanish Literature as content development contributors and reviewers.
Lead the successful scoring of student responses for AP Spanish Language and Spanish Literature Exams at the annual scoring event.
Produce AP Reading publications materials for teacher and student use.
Independently plan all-year workflow for the AP Reading, ensuring all steps and post-Reading activities are accounted for and successfully executed.
Contribute to current research and best practices in assessment, and engage regularly with AP Curriculum & Assessment colleagues to align on standards and shared principles.
Provide functional leadership of cross-subject assessment workstreams to ensure consistency and leverage efficiencies.
Serve as an expert resource for course team and leadership consultation.
Provide formal training and informal mentoring to other Course Experts within your AP Spanish Language and Spanish Literature.
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.
Independently 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 in accordance with established Program thresholds for AP Spanish Language and Spanish Literature exams.
Identify areas for improvement and independently lead and execute targeted initiatives to improve.
Collaborate with psychometrics and AP Curriculum & Assessment staff to establish fair, reliable, and valid cut scores for AP Spanish Language and Spanish Literature exams.
Train and support course experts in assessment development practices, including quality, validity, fairness, and use of generative AI.
Deepen course experts' understanding of the item and test development lifecycle, and effective use of item authoring and item bank platforms.
Mentor team members in effectively facilitating test development committees and working with external stakeholders.
Refine and improve AP Spanish Language and Spanish Literature Course Framework to ensure clear and explicit learning outcomes that align with strategic priorities.
Collaborate with AP teams to support the development of new products for AP Spanish Language and Spanish Literature designed to address unmet teacher instructional needs.

Requirements

A Master’s degree in Spanish Language, Spanish Literature or a directly related discipline, and knowledge of current trends in the discipline (required), although a doctorate in the discipline is strongly preferred.
Native to near-native fluency in Spanish (required for World Language).
Expertise in Spanish Language or Spanish Literature with at least 10 years of experience in standardized assessment development or related work; experience with digital assessment and teaching preferred.
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

Spanish Language
Spanish Literature
Standardized assessment development
Digital assessment
Teaching
Oral communication
Written communication
Technical proficiency
Customer-focused mindset
Organizational skills
Planning skills
Attention to detail
Proofreading
Process implementation
Project management
Schedule management
Tracking documentation
Interpersonal skills
Collaboration skills
AI technologies
Generative AI
Assessment creation
Assessment review
Psychometrics
Formative assessment
Summative assessment
Scoring materials
Test Development Committees
AP Reading
Curriculum development
Professional development

Location

Remote

Work Type

Full-time
Remote
Hybrid

Experience Level

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

Education Level

Master's degree in Spanish Language, Spanish Literature or a directly related discipline
Doctorate in the discipline (strongly preferred)

Salary/Compensations

$112,000–$165,000

Benefits

Meaningful career
Supportive team
Comprehensive package designed to help you thrive
Fair and competitive compensation grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market
Open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process

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.
College Board is a self-sustaining nonprofit.

Equal Opportunity

While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as item review and analysis, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.