Edmentum Psychometric Intern

Edmentum • Contract • Remote (United States) • 1m ago

Fast Facts

Edmentum is offering a paid internship for graduate students interested in psychometrics, focusing on K-12 educational assessments. Interns will collaborate on psychometric analyses to enhance the reliability and validity of their computer adaptive diagnostic assessments.

Responsibilities: Perform psychometric analyses, modify analysis code, interpret findings, and participate in research studies to improve assessment reliability and validity.

Skills: Basic R programming, statistics, data visualization, and excellent writing skills.

Qualifications: Graduate enrollment in relevant fields, completion of three years of a PhD program, and self-motivated work ethic.

Location: Remote position based in the United States.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $15 - $25 per hour.

At Edmentum, we are committed to building research-based curriculum and assessment solutions that empower educators and improve student outcomes across the globe. The Edmentum Psychometric Summer Internship is a paid internship opportunity for curious and collaborative graduate students that are interested in pursuing a career as a psychometrician and are deeply interested in exploring educational solutions that truly meet the needs of learners and educators.

For the summer 2025 internship, the psychometrics intern will collaborate with Edmentum Research Scientists to conduct operational psychometric analyses to examine the reliability and validity of Edmentum’s Exact Path computer adaptive diagnostic assessment for students in K-12. The intern will gain experience in applied psychometric analyses, computer adaptive testing, educational technology, processes and tools used in the psychometric and educational technology industries, and working with large data files (>10 million records).

With support from Edmentum Research Scientists and Learning Engineers, the psychometrics intern will:

1. Modify existing analysis code and write new code to prepare data and perform psychometric analyses

2. Interpret analysis findings and provide written descriptions to update Exact Path technical documentation

3. Design and implement research studies to inform product design and improve the reliability, validity, and fairness of Edmentum assessments

Edmentum supports each intern’s unique research interests with projects that can be completed with existing or simulated data and have promise to lead to conference presentations and/or publications while simultaneously improving Edmentum products. Although not required, interns with particular research questions of interest (e.g., questions related to K-12 computer-adaptive testing, applications of large language models to assessment data, longitudinal ability modeling) are encouraged to propose research ideas in their cover letter.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Enrolled in a graduate program in educational measurement, psychometrics, quantitative psychology, statistics, learning sciences, economics, or a related field

2. Completion of three years of a PhD program

3. Proficient with basic R programming skills (data preparation, descriptive statistics, data visualizations) with desire to learn more advanced skills

4. Excellent writing skills

5. Self-starter that can work independently (with appropriate support provided from Edmentum Research Scientists)

This position is remote, will begin June 9, 2025 and will last 10 weeks. Due to frequent collaboration with Psychometric team members, working hours will follow typical central time business hours with some flexibility as needed. Applications are due by March 21, 2025.