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Stephanie Herrera

Long Beach,CA

Summary

Dedicated to promoting organizational efficiency and maintaining quality standards, I am a strong leader and problem-solver. Throughout my career as an educational assessment professional, I have consistently met company goals and client needs. Skilled in educational assessment, statistical data analysis, staff development and training, I like to bring together and support teams in which each member is able to leverage their core competencies to elevate the collective performance.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director, K-12 Assessment Operations

Educational Testing Service
10.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for management of item and test development for K-12 large-scale assessment contract in California
  • Provide oversight of all development activities for the California Assessment System (CAS)
  • Collaborate across the division to ensure that all Assessment Development work is successfully accomplished
  • Provide support to the Strategic Business Unit (SBU) and external clients
  • Arrange the preparation of budgets and cost estimates for programs and projects, analyze financial performance of work activities, and assess personnel needs
  • Proactively work towards reducing costs, increasing work efficiencies, and providing greater customer satisfaction, and quality assurance via implementation of agile methodology.

Strategic Advisor, K-12 Assessment

Educational Testing Service
12.2017 - 10.2023
  • Responsible for process improvement, training, and proposal development across K-12 large-scale assessment contracts
  • Contribute to the design and development of unified processes where appropriate across all K-12 contracts
  • Recommend and oversee division-level people readiness in processes and ETS competencies across K-12 assessment
  • Support and consult on all operational needs of the division
  • Oversee development of Performance Level Descriptors and support standard setting processes
  • Provide support to individual K-12 programs on an as-needed basis.

Senior Director, K-12 Assessment

Educational Testing Service
02.2015 - 12.2017
  • Responsible for management of the item and test development for K-12 large-scale assessment contracts, overseeing all project Coordination work
  • Provide oversight and direction of process coordination activities for CAASPP, TCAP, MCAP, and VASOL state programs
  • Collaborate with Senior Directors and Executive Directors across the division to ensure that all Assessment Development work is successfully accomplished
  • Provide support to the Strategic Business Unit (SBU), Coordination, and external clients
  • Arrange the preparation of budgets and cost estimates for programs and projects, analyze financial performance of work activities, and assess personnel complement needs
  • Proactively work towards reducing costs, increasing work efficiencies, and providing greater customer satisfaction, and quality assurance.

Director, K-12 Assessment

Educational Testing Service
01.2011 - 02.2015
  • Responsible for management of item and test development for K-12 large-scale assessment contracts, including supervision of Assessment Development Project Leads
  • Direct all assessment-related projects to fulfill contract specifications
  • Provide support to external clients to conceptualize new assessment programs and protocols
  • Develop and present measurement-related training workshops/meetings
  • Oversee development of assessment-related ancillary materials
  • Develop test development schedules.

Test and Item Development Coordinator

Educational Testing Service
08.2005 - 01.2011
  • Test Development Team Lead for the California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program, which included the California Standards Tests (CST), Standards-based Tests in Spanish (STS), California Modified Assessment (CMA), and California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA)
  • Coordinated the development of test items, operational forms, field test sets, special versions, released test questions, and meetings of the Assessment Review Panels
  • Developed schedules and budgets for assessment development work and interfaced with all groups involved in the development process, including Editorial, Statistics, Item Bank, Permissions, and Program Management
  • Monitored schedules and budgets, held weekly assessment development progress meetings, and served as an assessment point of contact to the California Department of Education.

Senior Test Development Manager

Harcourt Assessment, Inc.
08.1997 - 08.2005
  • Test Development Manager for Performance Assessments for Wyoming Students (PAWS), interacting with state and teacher representatives to coordinate development of test items and test-related materials, develop schedules and budgets, oversee test booklet production, and support online item delivery
  • Test Development Manager for Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS)
  • Test Development Manager for Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), and Mississippi Subject Area Testing Program (SATP)
  • Psychometric Consultant for Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), California-STAR program, Mississippi Subject Area Testing Program (SATP), Virginia Standards of Learning (VA-SOL), and Oklahoma State Testing Program, facilitating data review and standards setting, and developing technical documents

Education

Doctoral Candidate - Educational Research, Measurement, And Evaluation

Boston College, Graduate School of Education
Boston
05.1997

Master of Education - School Psychometry

Georgia State University, Graduate School of Education
Atlanta
06.1994

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Mount St. Mary's College, School of Arts & Sciences
Los Angeles, CA
06.1990

Skills

  • Test Design and Development
  • Strategic Planning
  • Project Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Training and Development
  • Staff Development
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • People Management

Volunteer Experience

  • For the Child, 09/2022, Present, Member of the Child Abuse Response Team (CART)
  • St. Anthony High School, 06/2017, 06/2021, Parent Service Hour Coordinator
  • Boy Scouts of America, 09/2008, 12/2020, Merit Badge Counselor, Cub Master, Den Leader
  • Girl Scouts USA, 09/2009, 06/2018, Troop Leader
  • St. Barnabas Parish, 08/2011, 08/2015, Altar Server Coordinator

Certification

  • Dale Carnegie: Develop Your Leadership Potential - 2024
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner - 2022
  • Certified ScrumMaster - 2021

Timeline

Director, K-12 Assessment Operations

Educational Testing Service
10.2023 - Current

Strategic Advisor, K-12 Assessment

Educational Testing Service
12.2017 - 10.2023

Senior Director, K-12 Assessment

Educational Testing Service
02.2015 - 12.2017

Director, K-12 Assessment

Educational Testing Service
01.2011 - 02.2015

Test and Item Development Coordinator

Educational Testing Service
08.2005 - 01.2011

Senior Test Development Manager

Harcourt Assessment, Inc.
08.1997 - 08.2005

Doctoral Candidate - Educational Research, Measurement, And Evaluation

Boston College, Graduate School of Education

Master of Education - School Psychometry

Georgia State University, Graduate School of Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Mount St. Mary's College, School of Arts & Sciences

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