Spanish-Language Literacy Assessment Development, Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist the Edify team in Latin America in identifying, modifying, or creating a Spanish-language literacy assessment.

• Conduct a swift needs analysis by collecting user requests from Edify's educational leadership.

• Investigate existing assessment options and present solutions to the Edify team in Latin America.

• If necessary, develop a new assessment tool.

• Document essential features as requested by Edify personnel.

• Create a comparison matrix highlighting key features against existing assessment tools and prioritize recommendations.

• Collect feedback from stakeholders and refine the assessment tool accordingly.

• Test the new tool in selected schools and make adjustments based on the feedback received.

• Deliver the final prototype of the tool to Edify.

⛳️ Requirements

• Familiarity with assessment design and the ability to create empirically valid questions.

• Knowledge of early literacy skills and competencies, including reading comprehension.

• Understanding of literacy assessments at the secondary school level.

• Excellent analytical and research abilities.

• Cross-cultural awareness and the capacity to collaborate with teams from varied backgrounds.

• Proficiency in Spanish.

• Capability to convey requirements to technical leads and offer user feedback, with coding and/or database knowledge being an advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Compensation will be aligned with experience and will be paid on an hourly basis.

• Monthly invoices will be submitted by the consultant, with a cap of 80 hours per month (any anticipated hours beyond this limit must receive supervisor approval).