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Department Overview:

WIDA, housed within the [Company] School of Education, advances academic language development and academic achievement for children and youth who are culturally and linguistically diverse through high quality standards, assessments, research, and professional learning for educators. The WIDA Assessment Team pursues a validation research agenda that supports the WIDA suite of language assessments (ACCESS for ELLs, WIDA Screener, and WIDA MODEL). This position will contribute to various aspects of this research agenda, such as study design, literature review, data collection and analyses, manuscript/report authoring and review, and presentation of findings.

Anticipated Start Date:

5/1/2026

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

12/31/2026

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

All Remote

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

Minimum: 20 Maximum: 20

Schedule:

20 hours per week (50% PA Appointment)

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

Minimum: $35,636

Number of Positions:

1

Qualifications:

Doctoral student who is in a field related to language assessment, second language (or bilingual) acquisition, educational measurement or related field:
• Education (e.g., Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Measurement; Educational Policy; Educational Psychology)
• Second language acquisition/TESOL
• Psychology
• Human Development
• Linguistics (with a focus on second language acquisition)

Candidates should have the following qualifications:
• Research experience in collecting empirical data—qualitative or quantitative, or both
• Data analysis skills—qualitative, quantitative, or both
• Ability to use research analytical software/tools (qualitative or quantitative, or both)
• Experience writing academic papers
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills
• Attention to detail

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Preferred:

• Knowledge of a foreign language

Position Summary/Job Duties:

The WIDA Assessment Team pursues a validation research agenda that supports the WIDA suite of language assessments (ACCESS for ELLs, WIDA Screener, and WIDA MODEL). This position will contribute to various aspects of this research agenda, such as study design, literature review, data collection and analyses, manuscript/report authoring and review, and presentation of findings.

Physical Demands:

N/A

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

[Company] is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for [Company]. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The [Company] fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

Salary: $35,636

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