Greater Philadelphia
Senior exam developer, creating cardiovascular disease and medical oncology examinations at ABIM. Previously over 23 years of experience at ETS, as a test developer, creating a variety of psychology exams; and a program coordinator, managing/onboarding higher education, K-12, world language, and personality assessments. Earlier experience as a college professor (physiological psychology, sensation and perception, cognition, and experimental psychology/research methodology). Mother of four adults. Bird lover. Hiker, kayaker, and runner. Life-long hand embroiderer and developing fiber artist. Giving back is important. Leave it better than you found it.
Cardiovascular Disease and Medical Oncology
Production management for CLEP and AP; additional responsibilities similar to Assessment Process Specialist.
Process & Quality, also Center for Best Practices in Assessment Development: Development of assessment processes and infrastructure. Technical and procedural solution development and onboarding of new business. Process improvement, with a focus on the development and review of test items and copyright/permissions. Coordination of testing programs and services for higher education, K-12 education, and career licensing and development, including California State University assessments (CSU ELM and EPT), English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC), ETS Proficiency profile (EPP), Examen de Admisión a Estudios de Posgrado (EXADEP), Graduate Records Examinations (GRE), HiSET, Texas Examinations of Educator Standards (TExES), and Workforce for Job Fit.
Test development for the Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology Test; College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Introductory Psychology, Educational Psychology, Human Growth and Development, and Introductory Sociology Tests; Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators (GACE) School Counseling and School Psychologist; Graduate Records Examinations (GRE) Subject Test in Psychology; Major Field Tests (MFT) Psychology; PRAXIS School Psychology, School Guidance and Counseling, Psychology, and School Social Worker Tests; and TExES School Counselor Test. Consultant to development committees, design and revision of test items and specifications for these tests. Assembly of tests to meet content and statistical specifications. Revision of related publications. Evaluation of test results and item acceptability. Coordination of essay readings and validity studies. Participated in development of Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System (TAPAS, 2013-14). Coordinator of AP exams, performing pre-publication reviews of exams and monitoring of cross-departmental issues and resolving problems in all subjects, as well as planning schedules (2007-14). Member of team charged with rewriting and implementing a standard operating procedure to improve quality and efficiency (2011-14). Coordinator of PRAXIS Social Studies series, working with colleagues in multiple subjects to create and monitor quality of, as well as score, teacher licensing exams (2012-13). Software migration team member for planning and monitoring of change in proprietary test development software (2009-11).
Taught online undergraduate courses: Biological Basis of Behavior, Experimental Methods in Psychology, Introduction to Memory and Cognition, and Sensation and Perception. As course chair for two courses, reviewed syllabi for alignment with university requirements and served as a point-of-contact for faculty. Served as a mentor for new faculty members.
Primary responsibility for test development for the Graduate Records Examinations (GRE) Subject Test in Psychology, Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology Test, College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Introductory Psychology Test, and PRAXIS Social Studies Series/Behavioral Science Test. Consultant to the AP Psychology, GRE Psychology, and CLEP Introductory Psychology Development Committees. Co-author of the proposal and co-leader for test development for the California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA). Design and revision of test items for these and other social science and education tests. Assembly of tests to meet content and statistical specifications. Revision of related publications. Evaluation of test results and item acceptability. Coordination of essay readings and validity studies.
Taught undergraduate courses: Learning and Physiological Psychology.