Job description
Item WritersJTG is seeking highly qualified Item Writers to join the item development team to write, review, revise, and approve test items to assess proficiency in a foreign language. These items, based on foreign language material, will be written in English, according to the U.S. government's Inter-Agency Language Roundtable (ILR) proficiency scale.
Location: Nationwide
Status: Contractor. Reports to Production Manager
Citizenship status: US citizenship preferred but not required
Minimum qualifications:
- At least 2 years of experience in item writing for language proficiency testing.
- A degree in linguistics, psychometrics, foreign language teaching, second language acquisition, or educational assessment
- Familiarity with the ILR scale
- Excellent oral and written English and cross-cultural communication skills, with a preference for additional knowledge of a foreign language
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize work, and work under tight deadlines.
- Using translations of authentic passages (written/audio) in a target language at specified Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) levels, designing test items around these passages, in accordance with project standards and specifications
- Reviewing passages for correct ILR level and acceptability and appropriateness
- Reviewing test items created by other item writers for quality and adherence to project standards and specifications
- Adhering to the project timeline and schedule for product deliverables
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize work, and work under tight deadlines.
The consultant will sign (1) a Conflict-of-Interest form, stating that he or she is not currently a reviewer for the DLPT in any language, are not in a position in which they instruct people who will take the DLPT in this language, or will not take the test themselves, and (2) a non-disclosure agreement with the funder and JTG regarding the protection of proprietary materials. The consultant will provide their own workspace, materials, and supplies.
Founded in 1995, JTG is an Employee-Owned Company that is specialized in language services, training, and analytics. JTG is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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