Summer Internship
| Summer Internship | |
|---|---|
| Duration | Eight weeks (July 1–Aug. 24, 2012) (Internship can be somewhat flexible, but requires prior clearance from the College Board before the internship begins.) |
| Positions | 2 |
| Location | College Board in Newtown, PA |
| Compensation | $8,320 |
| Travel | Interns are responsible for their own travel to and from the College Board. |
| Housing: | $1,200 per month housing stipend. Interns are encouraged to secure their own housing, or may opt to stay at the Homewood Suites (within walking distance from the College Board). If choosing to stay at Homewood Suites interns will need to pay approximately an additional $1,200 a month. However, Homewood Suites provide all amenities associated with long-term residency including Internet, breakfast and dinner. |
| Requirements | Students must be eligible to be legally employed in the United States (citizens, green card holders, or international student with F1 visas; for international students please see below). |
| Projects | Interns will work with two College Board mentors on a specific project in the area of psychometrics. A. Evaluation of Panelists' Ratings from Operational Standard Settings The intern will experience hands-on how operational standard settings are conducted, and what elements and psychometric procedures are considered in the consolidation of results. Furthermore, the intern will analyze panelists' ratings from previous and current year standard settings comparing both Generalizability Theory and FACETS approaches. B. Impact of multidimensional test assembly strategies Typically, two factors work against a single test providing both a valid and reliable total score and meaningful diagnostic information for individual students: 1) subscores on which diagnostics are based usually comprise too few items to obtain a reliability high enough to report stable results, and 2) in order to produce a unidimensional test, items with the highest discrimination values (i.e., point-biserial or biserial correlations) are typically preferred for selection to be included in a test. This latter point, in particular, nearly guarantees that the psychometric characteristics of the assessment do not allow for differential performance on the subscores. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of several multidimensional test assembly strategies on 1) the ability to provide meaningful diagnostic information and 2) the overall psychometric characteristics of the test. |
| Application | Please send a letter of introduction (including previous experience and areas of interest), unofficial university transcript and curriculum vitae as a single PDF file to R&Dinternship@collegeboard.org. |
| Deadline | Applications are due Feb. 15, 2012, at 5 p.m. EST. |
| Decisions | Selection decisions will be e-mailed to potential interns on March 15th, 2012. |
| Description | This eight-week internship is designed to provide interns with an insight into College Board research and development operations in psychometrics. Interns will have the opportunity to work closely with psychometricians and gain hands-on working experience with College Board data and projects. |
| For International Students | International students who are studying at an accredited university under F1 visas are eligible to apply for the summer internship under Curricular Practical Training (CPT) stipulations. Please note that only two internship positions can be offered. International students should not apply for CPT unless accepted as a summer intern. Upon acceptance to the summer internship, we urge students to contact their respective international advisers at their host university as soon as possible to apply for a practical training certificate, which permits F1 visa holders to receive compensation from the College Board for the work they will be completing over the summer. The process to clear a student for CPT may take six weeks or longer. Therefore we urge students to initiate the process as soon as possible. Additionally, all international students must have a social security number in order to receive compensation. |