Project Assistant – WIDA Assessment Research & Technical Assistance

Department Overview:

WIDA, housed within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 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.

Anticipated Start Date:

September 2026

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

May 2027

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

All Remote

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

Minimum: 20 Maximum: 20

Schedule:

20 hours per week - Actual schedule determined upon hire.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

Minimum: 37,417 Maximum: 37,417

Number of Positions:

1

Qualifications:

Currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in education, economics, statistics, or a related field. Experience with or an interest in language assessment and education policy is a plus.

Strong quantitative and data analysis skills, with familiarity or experience using quantitative research methods.

Experience with data management, including identifying and resolving data errors, inconsistencies, and quality issues. Experience working with large-scale datasets is a plus.

Experience reviewing and writing academic reports, research papers, or other technical documents.

Experience with STATA or R.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Manage and analyze large-scale, national, student-level longitudinal datasets, including data checking, cleaning, merging, quality assurance, imputation, and linking with other national- and state-level datasets.

Conduct quantitative analyses using descriptive and advanced statistical methods.

Prepare academic research papers, technical reports, and/or presentations to communicate findings to research and policy audiences.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

Support data management and quantitative and/or mixed-methods analyses.

Contribute to a range of projects, with a particular focus on upcoming technical assistance and federal peer-review submissions related to the revised WIDA ACCESS assessment, as well as research and assessment projects supporting Indigenous communities.

Physical Demands:

N/A

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison 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 UW-Madison. 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 University of Wisconsin-Madison 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:

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:

Salary: 37,417- Current FY PA rate for 50% appointments

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