Psychometrician
Education.com
United States
Posted on Mar 6, 2026
IXL Learning, developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, is seeking a psychometrician to oversee the technical quality of IXL's specialized assessments. In this role, you'll collaborate with curriculum designers, research scientists, and product managers to create, maintain, and improve student assessments. Additionally, you'll play a key role in advancing IXL's assessment strategy, as well as conducting and publishing analyses to ensure fair, accurate, and equitable assessment experiences for all learners.
This is a full-time remote position for candidates in the United States.
What You'll Be Doing
IXL Learning is the country's largest EdTech company. We reach millions of learners through our diverse range of products. For example:
At IXL, we value diversity in age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, political and religious beliefs, and life experience, and we are proud to promote a work environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work. IXL Learning is an equal opportunity employer.
This is a full-time remote position for candidates in the United States.
What You'll Be Doing
- Develop modern, widely used, computer-adaptive tests for K–12 education, including universal screening and diagnostic assessments for math and ELA
- Conduct classical and IRT analyses of test data, including item calibration, standard-setting, scoring, scaling, equating, score reporting, and quality assurance analyses
- Perform reliability and validity analyses and collaborate with research scientists to document development processes and create technical reports
- Collaborate with content experts to create and curate item pools
- Ph.D. in Education Measurement, Psychometrics, Quantitative Psychology, Statistics, or a related field
- 3+ years of active experience in new test development, computer-adaptive testing, item pool maintenance, standard-setting, equating, and validity studies
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize, and decision-making skills
- Can-do attitude with an openness to others' ideas
- Willingness to innovate and find new, efficient solutions to complex problems
- Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English
- Ability to summarize complex technical information and communicate it to a variety of audiences
- Fluency in computer/statistical programming (e.g., R, Python, SQL, etc.)
- Familiarity with K–12 education is a plus
- Knowledge of mobile and web technologies is a plus
IXL Learning is the country's largest EdTech company. We reach millions of learners through our diverse range of products. For example:
- 1 in 4 students in the United States uses IXL.com
- Rosetta Stone provides an immersive learning experience for 25 languages
- Wyzant is the nation's largest community of tutors, covering 300+ subjects
- Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) is a comprehensive marketplace for millions of educator-created resources
At IXL, we value diversity in age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, political and religious beliefs, and life experience, and we are proud to promote a work environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work. IXL Learning is an equal opportunity employer.