Associate Research Scientist

Associate Research Scientist College Board - Learning & Assessment Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). Role Type: This is a full-time position About the Team The College Access and Readiness Research Team specializes in designing and conducting research and analyses focused on improving student access to, persistence in, and completion of higher education. We pay particular attention to outcomes of the over one million students who participate in the Advanced Placement Program before graduating high school. The data- and evidence-driven insights we provide drive actions that support all students' college and career success and drive strategic organizational decisions. About the Opportunity The Associate Research Scientist works with members of the College Access and Readiness Research Team, the larger Research team, product owners, and field staff to answer critical research and data analysis questions to advance the mission of the College Board and sustain and grow the Advanced Placement Program. As the Associate Research Scientist, you will contribute to the team's broader research agenda as needed, with a primary focus on research that helps invite more students into AP. A core focus of this role is building and maintaining a high-quality evidence base on high school course taking: collecting, cleaning, and organizing student transcript data from K-12 districts and partners, building dashboards that make this data usable for stakeholders, and synthesizing findings into published reports that advance our understanding of high-quality advanced course taking and its relationship to longer-term student outcomes. This role also conducts customized research for individual districts, tailoring analyses and deliverables to their specific questions. You will work iteratively and collaboratively with stakeholders to produce high quality learnings, dashboards, visualizations, and deliverables, and will effectively communicate findings to a wide variety of audiences. In this role, you will: Design Research and Communicate Findings (35%) Collaborate with program partners, product owners, and field staff to identify research needs and propose studies that support student success through evidence-based claims, particularly around advanced high school course taking and longer-term outcomes Design and conduct customized research for individual districts, tailoring questions, analyses, and deliverables to their specific needs Present findings directly to district leaders and internal partners, responding to questions and identifying follow-up research Synthesize findings into reports, memos, and visuals with clear talking points for both technical and non-technical audiences Disseminate findings in a variety of formats (e.g., presentations, College Board Research Reports, peer-reviewed journals) Collect, Clean, and Manage Transcript Data (25%) Acquire, clean, and organize student transcript data from K-12 districts and other partners, building repeatable processes to handle new and varied data sources Design and maintain data pipelines that merge transcript data with other institutional and outcomes datasets Establish data quality checks and documentation practices so datasets are reliable and usable across projects Build Dashboards & Analytic Tools (20%) Design and build dashboards that surface trends in advanced high school course taking and related outcomes for technical and non-technical audiences Maintain and iterate on dashboards based on stakeholder feedback and evolving data availability Conduct Statistical Analyses (20%) Lead analyses of educational datasets using advanced statistical methods to answer pressing questions about course taking and outcomes Rapidly respond to data analysis questions to advance the mission of the College Board Collaborate with other research scientists on the College Access a d Readin