Examination Editor II

Specific Responsibilities

• Serves as an examination development liaison to question authors and editors, providing advice and guidance regarding editorial issues, emerging item types, and general administrative procedures.
• Aids in planning annual committee meetings, including development and distribution of meeting agendas, assignments, and timelines, adapting approaches as development needs evolve.
• Records and incorporates changes to exam items during committee review, including non-traditional item formats. Conducts quality analysis following the meetings to confirm revisions have been successfully recorded in the item bank.
• Generates reports on item pool and question author/reviewer performance and communicates item and exam development status to committee leadership through regular meetings and monthly calls.
• Guides question authors and editors through question-writing assignments in the online item development system, providing oversight and follow-up to ensure that deadlines are met.
• Edits exam items for grammar, punctuation, consistency, and accuracy. Keeps all information about exam items and related material confidential and secure from unauthorized access.
• Evaluates item bank needs through pool analysis and creates writing assignments accordingly. Manages item bank content and metadata.
• Assembles exam drafts based on blueprints and test development principles. Collaborates with committee chairs on examination review.
• Reviews exams for clueing and ambiguity. Copyedits exams for grammar and ABA style. Provides information as needed to psychometricians prior to exam assembly and after exam administration.
• Builts exam delivery package in item banking system and specification documents. Works with vendors to ensure successful exam transfer and publication for delivery. Performs quality analysis checks on published exams prior to delivery.
• Formats and uploads new items to database quarterly. Performs quality analysis checks on all items prior to distribution. Provides item IDs to ABA psychometric staff and uploads statistics to ExamDeveloper. Answers queries related to test items and monitors diplomate feedback, working with the committees to review and resolve issues.
• Manages the overlapping requirements of developing multiple exams, including those in early stages of development, to maintain an orderly and efficient workflow and work environment, while ensuring that deadlines are met.
• Maintains the quality and integrity of all examination material at all stages of development and production. Coordinates tasks and projects with others in the department and organization, providing guidance and feedback to ensure a successful outcome.
• Develops, adapts, and regularly updates exam development schedules as assessment programs evolve. Maintains documentation of examination development and production procedures.
• Provides transcription services for item writing workshops. Provides transcription services for 8-10 item and exam review meetings per year.
• Provides occasional copyediting for other assessments.

Special Requirements

• Must provide in-person transcription services up to 2 weekends a year.
• Must provide online transcription services after hours.
• Must be available to provide occasional email coverage after office hours to respond to question authors, editors, and committee chairs regarding item development and exam reviews.
• Ability to lift up to 20 pounds maximum.
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time.