Senior Efficacy Research and Psychometrics Analyst, Khan Kids (24 months fixed-term)

The role

You will lead psychometric research and manage analytics for Khan Academy Kids. This includes serving as a technical contact for research partners, analyzing psychometric findings, and maintaining KPI dashboards.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for external psychometric research partnerships
• Extract, clean, and securely share assessment data with research partners
• Analyze and interpret psychometric findings including item difficulty and IRT-based scoring
• Partner with product and engineering teams to translate findings into product improvements
• Collaborate with research partners to develop and publish technical documentation
• Recruit and manage research partner sites including schools and districts
• Partner with legal team to draft and negotiate data-sharing agreements
• Coordinate Khan Academy Kids' participation in ongoing efficacy studies
• Build and maintain the Khan Academy Kids analytics dashboard
• Prepare recurring app performance reporting and field ad hoc data requests

Required qualifications

• An advanced degree (PhD or Master's) in psychometrics, educational measurement, quantitative methods or a related field or equivalent applied experience
• Strong grounding in psychometric methods, including item analysis, reliability and validity evidence, growth modeling, and Item Response Theory (IRT)
• Proficiency with SQL and a statistical programming language (e.g., R or Python)
• Experience with (or eagerness to learn) business intelligence tools such as Looker
• Comfort building dashboards and data pipelines
• Familiarity with responsible data-sharing practices in education research, including student data privacy considerations (e.g., FERPA, COPPA)
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong project-management and organizational skills
• Proven cross-cultural competency skills

Nice to have

• Experience with (or strong interest in) early childhood education and assessment of young learners

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Ample paid time off as needed
• 8 pre-scheduled Wellness Days in 2026
• Remote-first culture
• Generous parental leave
• Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups
• 401(k) + 4% matching
• Comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and life

About the company

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Khan Academy Kids is a free and fun learning program for children ages 2 to 8.