Description
Plan, direct, and coordinate K-12 student assessment programs, ensuring compliant test administration, secure logistics, accurate reporting, and effective use of results to improve teaching and learning.
- • Review and approve new assessment programs; recommend modifications to existing ones.
- • Oversee preparation and maintenance of testing schedules, security logs, and score reports.
- • Confer with parents and staff about assessment policies, timelines, and student results.
- • Prepare and submit budgets and grants for assessment tools, scoring, and training.
- • Coordinate testing facilities, devices, accommodations spaces, and materials.
- • Guide students and families in understanding assessment results and next steps.
- • Lead committees of educators and specialists to improve assessment practices.
- • Train teachers and proctors on test administration, data use, and ethics.
- • Advocate for facility and technology upgrades that support secure testing.
- • Design and refine assessment blueprints, rubrics, and item banks.
- • Develop partnerships with vendors, universities, and agencies to support assessment.
- • Direct and coordinate school test coordinators, proctors, and support staff.
- • Evaluate assessments for alignment, reliability, validity, accessibility, and compliance.
- • Set district assessment standards, calendars, and policies; monitor adherence.
- • Recruit, assign, train, and evaluate site-based testing staff and proctors.
- • Enforce test security, ethical practices, and attendance requirements during testing.
- • Observe test administrations and audit materials to ensure standardized procedures.
- • Oversee interim, benchmark, and state-mandated testing programs districtwide.
- • Interpret federal and state testing regulations and ensure security and privacy compliance.
- • Allocate funds for testing materials, software, scoring, and reporting; authorize purchases.
- • Write test administration manuals, parent guides, staff memos, and public communications.
- • Recommend personnel actions related to assessment programs and services.
- • Collaborate with teachers to align common assessments to standards and goals.
- • Collect, analyze, and report assessment data to monitor growth, equity, and program impact.
- • Develop assessment calendars and test plans; estimate staffing and space needs.
- • Lead professional development on data literacy, formative assessment, and test security.
- • Coordinate accommodations and alternate assessments for students with disabilities and English learners.
- • Liaise with state and local agencies to stay current on assessment policies and timelines.
- • Manage testing logistics, including room assignments, devices, materials, and makeups.
- • Coordinate after-school, weekend, and makeup testing as needed.
- • Mentor and support school testing coordinators and data team leads.
- • Provide data and analyses to inform school improvement plans and accountability reports.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
