Development lead

This Education Program Specialist (EPS) position is primarily an Assessment Development lead for Ohio’s State Tests in mathematics for middle school grades 6-8, with possible opportunities to work with Alternate Assessments in mathematics.

This Is Essentially a Project Management Type Of Position. As Part Of The Assessment Development Team, This Position Collaborates With DEW Staff And The Test Development Vendor And Helps To Facilitate And Manage The Development Of Mathematics Statewide Assessments For Ohio

• Manages, coordinates, and oversees development of Ohio Statewide Assessments which includes:
  • Reviewing draft test items for OSTs and Alternate Assessments (Test items are first created by the test development vendor based on Ohio’s Learning Standards and given to DEW for review)
  • Ensuring appropriate format of items and test forms and that they are accessible to all students
  • Ensuring items are aligned with learning content standards
  • Ensuring tests are based on blueprints and test specifications
  • Managing test item banks
  • Ensuring test drafts are error free
  • Managing field test-item development and review process, which includes data review/analysis of field-tested items
  • Building and facilitating stakeholder assessment committees
• Oversees work related to test content, test development vendor deliverables, and compliance to ensure statewide assessments and related materials are appropriate, reviewed, and completed (including print forms) by deliverable dates
• Provides ongoing planning and communication with test development vendor to ensure adherence to test specifications and blueprints (e.g., test development and training and scoring of field-test items)
• Participates in quality control of vendor’s work on statewide assessments
• Provides ongoing planning and communication with contractors and Ohio DEW staff to ensure effective development of statewide assessments
• Ensures adherence to established timelines and schedules for test development (e.g., timely delivery of draft and final test material)
• Collaborates with test development vendors to create and review test items and supplemental materials for Ohio stakeholder committee reviews
  
  

Provides technical assistance regarding statewide testing in accordance with state and federal law and code:

• Facilitates and/or attends multiple in-person assessment committee meetings (e.g., Content Advisory Committees, Rubric Validation Committees, Fairness Committees)
• Helps develop training materials for scoring tests
• Develops and conducts presentations to internal and external groups (local, state, and national)
• Ensures current assessment information is available through a variety of sources (e.g., test portal, website, email, newsletters, webinars, social media)
• Collaborates with other offices within the Department (e.g., Office for Academic Success, Office of Literacy, Office for Exceptional Children, Office of Communications) with regard to testing
• Prepares correspondence and reports
  
  

Performs other duties as assigned.

The work location of this position is 25 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. You will be required to report to this work location full-time, if selected.

If this position is filled with an internal employee who has an approved telework agreement, the employee may be required to report in-person during the initial training period.

Minimum Qualifications

• Six years’ experience in any combination of the following areas:
  • Working in an educational setting (e.g., K-12, higher education) in one of the following capacities (e.g., educational administrator or teacher with experience in development of districtwide/schoolwide curriculum/assessments)
  • Monitoring and ensuring compliance with contractual specifications, program requirements, timelines for deliverables
  • Interpreting statute and code, law (i.e., operating standards, Ohio Revised Code, Ohio Administrative Code, state/federal requirements and guidelines), providing assistance to stakeholders
  • Performing one of the following (i.e., measurements/psychometrics, educational policy development, assessment/evaluation) in a government and/or educational setting
    
    

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent post-bachelor course work
• Experience teaching mathematics in middle school, high school, or higher education.
• Knowledge of student assessment or educational measurement, public education procedures, and/or contract oversight
• Ability to analyze data, define problems, recommend solutions, and handle sensitive information with school personnel, vendors, and the public
• Able to use current technology, including computers and online testing technology
• Commitment to excellence, professionalism, strong interpersonal communication skills, good judgment of situations, excellent customer service, and solution driven
• Interest in professional growth and development, willing to learn policies/procedures/manuals
• Competency in program improvement in content, methods, and materials
  
  

Organization

Education and Workforce

Agency Contact Name and Information

Morgan Webb ([email protected])

Unposting Date

Nov 12, 2025, 9:59:00 PM

Work Location

25 South Front Street

Primary Location

United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus

Compensation

$34.28

Schedule

Full-time

Work Hours

M-F, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Classified Indicator

Unclassified

Union

OCSEA

Primary Job Skill

Educational Support

Technical Skills

Computer Literacy, Communications, Customer Service, Program Management

Professional Skills

Active Learning, Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Time Management, Written Communication, Proofreading

Agency Overview

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is a diverse team of passionate, education-focused professionals responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education for each of Ohio’s 1.7 million students. The Department provides the resources and supports essential to raising student achievement and accelerating learning opportunities, advancing the connectivity between K-12 and postsecondary learning, creating programs to support and expand workforce experiences, and ensuring students have the necessary supports to be ready each day to learn.

As the governing body responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education within the State of Ohio, the Department of Education and Workforce is dedicated to promoting educational excellence and ensuring equal access to learning opportunities for all students. The Department is committed to collaborating with schools, districts, educators, students, families, businesses, nonprofits and all stakeholders to achieve our educational goals.