Also called: Assessment scientist, Measurement scientist
Uses advanced statistics to design and check tests like the SAT, state exams, and professional licensing tests, making sure they're fair and accurate.
Psychometricians analyze how thousands of students answered each question, flag questions that are unfair to certain groups, set passing scores, and build adaptive tests that change difficulty as you go. Employers include College Board, ETS, Pearson, and medical boards.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 9 years after high school. PhD in psychometrics, educational measurement, or quantitative psychology (master's for some roles).
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Statistics, Psychology, Mathematics.
Growing faster than average. Demand from licensing and digital testing is growing.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI runs item statistics, generates questions and powers adaptive tests, so fewer analysts are needed; fairness and score-setting judgments stay human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3039.
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