Assessment Data & Exam Quality Specialist - Hybrid Tempe

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

The Assessment Data & Exam Quality Analyst is a vital contributor to academic quality and instructional effectiveness across our nursing and healthcare programs. This role combines data analysis, exam review, and curricular alignment to ensure that course assessments are valid, secure, and instructionally sound. The analyst supports continuous improvement through evidence-based reporting, collaboration with Academics and instructional designers, and the use of advanced assessment tools.

Exam Quality & Content Review

• Conduct detailed reviews of exams to evaluate clarity, alignment to outcomes, and appropriate level of difficulty.
• Ensure each assessment fits within the scope and sequence of the program.
• Maintain version control and documentation of all exam revisions.

Assessment Data Analysis

• Perform psychometric analysis on exam items (e.g., difficulty index, discrimination index, KR-20).
• Identify trends across cohorts, courses, and outcomes to guide data-informed academic decision-making.

Aggregate Reporting & Benchmarking

• Build and maintain dashboards and regular reports summarizing exam performance and category-level analytics.
• Deliver clear, actionable insights to Academics and leadership.
• Use internal benchmarks and external frameworks (e.g., NCLEX domains) to contextualize performance.

Collaboration with Academics

• Partner with Academics and instructional designers to revise, replace, or create high-quality exam questions.
• Support item writing best practices and foster a positive, feedback-rich exam development culture.

Exam Integrity & Security

• Monitor exam delivery protocols and collaborate on best practices for test security.
• Support the use of secure exam platforms and proctoring tools, including lockdown environments and randomized assessments.

Technology & Tools

• • Assessment platforms: ExamSoft, Questionmark, or similar.
  • LMS tools: Canvas quiz analytics, Respondus LockDown Browser, or other proctoring tools.
  • Data & analysis tools: Excel (advanced), Tableau, Power BI, or statistical packages like R/SPSS.
  • Question development platforms: Item banks, blueprinting tools, and tagging systems aligned with learning outcomes or licensing standards (e.g., NCLEX).

Other duties as assigned.

The annual pay range for this position is $70k (minimum), $82k (midpoint), and $95k (maximum).*
*Typical hiring range is between the minimum and midpoint of the above pay range. Actual starting base pay may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, location and budget.

Please note this position is hybrid at our Tempe Corporate Office

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Educational Measurement, Instructional Design, Data Analytics, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
• Minimum 3 years of experience in academic assessment, instructional evaluation, or exam quality assurance, minimum 5 years of experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of assessment design, learning outcome alignment, and psychometric analysis.
• Experience with LMS platforms and assessment analytics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s preferred
• Experience as a psychometrician
• Background in nursing education or healthcare-related academic programs.
• Experience collaborating with Academics in clinical or competency-based settings.
• Familiarity with accreditation standards and licensure exam alignment (e.g., NCLEX, CCNE, ACEN).
• Proficiency in interpreting and visualizing assessment data for stakeholders.

For Full Time Employees, We Offer:

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year.  Increasing based on years of service with company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program