Psychometrician Services

Starting in 2026, The Ministry of Education will need to deliver a long-term solution to support all schools and kura to effectively enact twice-yearly assessment of learners and is aligned to Years 3 to 10 of the new National Curriculum (The New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa).
To assist with meeting this objective, we are seeking to contract suitably qualified psychometrician... Starting in 2026, The Ministry of Education will need to deliver a long-term solution to support all schools and kura to effectively enact twice-yearly assessment of learners and is aligned to Years 3 to 10 of the new National Curriculum (The New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa).
To assist with meeting this objective, we are seeking to contract suitably qualified psychometricians that have experience in developing and overseeing learning assessments for school-aged children in an educational setting. The successful respondent(s) will be contracted to provide expertise to various work programmes associated with the Ministry's Curriculum Assessment and Change Programme.
The anticipated date of contract commencement is August 2025 and the intended contract duration is two years with two optional extensions of 12 months each.