Teachers? ETS?

[spedrunner]

does anyone work for ETS as a scorer? If so, any information you can give me regarding this?  (work from home)

Thanks!!!

[Deleted]

Did you move back near your parents?

[spedrunner]

i did

[joenali]

Are you feeling better now that you have left NC?

[katb]

I do. It's about 6x a year for a week or so. The good thing is if you start with the Praxis, you can get into Pearson which does different states through out the year. Each time, you will go through a pre testing drill. You have to pass the pre test using the question you will be analyzing. Shifts are 4 or 8 hours (highly recommend only 4 hours). I like it - easy money to make in the evening. If per chance you don't pass the test for one question, don't worry, they usually offer you a different one.
Pearson offers a lot of variety and flexibility, so look into them. At one time, during one test, I could log on for 15 minutes at a time and just score what I could - less interpretation and more selected response type questions but it was quick and easy.

[spedrunner]

Jan 24, 2016 18:16:38 GMT -5 joenali said:

Are you feeling better now that you have left NC?

omg! Sooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

[spedrunner]

Jan 24, 2016 18:18:01 GMT -5 katb said:

I do. It's about 6x a year for a week or so. The good thing is if you start with the Praxis, you can get into Pearson which does different states through out the year. Each time, you will go through a pre testing drill. You have to pass the pre test using the question you will be analyzing. Shifts are 4 or 8 hours (highly recommend only 4 hours). I like it - easy money to make in the evening. If per chance you don't pass the test for one question, don't worry, they usually offer you a different one.
Pearson offers a lot of variety and flexibility, so look into them. At one time, during one test, I could log on for 15 minutes at a time and just score what I could - less interpretation and more selected response type questions but it was quick and easy.

awesome! this sounds perfect. I was just "approved" to do it, was curious if anyone had experience. Perfect for me while I am in betwee jobs

[breezy]

I've done it. I was grading high school English short answer responses. It was pretty easy. I tried an 8 hour shift and I'll never do that again, 4 hours is enough for me. But it was perfect for extra Christmas money.

[nsl]

Jan 24, 2016 18:18:01 GMT -5 katb said:

I do. It's about 6x a year for a week or so. The good thing is if you start with the Praxis, you can get into Pearson which does different states through out the year. Each time, you will go through a pre testing drill. You have to pass the pre test using the question you will be analyzing. Shifts are 4 or 8 hours (highly recommend only 4 hours). I like it - easy money to make in the evening. If per chance you don't pass the test for one question, don't worry, they usually offer you a different one.
Pearson offers a lot of variety and flexibility, so look into them. At one time, during one test, I could log on for 15 minutes at a time and just score what I could - less interpretation and more selected response type questions but it was quick and easy.

Ditto everything here.  Four hours is the ideal shift for me, and I always I try to schedule myself for the first shift on the first day of scoring because most of the time they're not really ready for live responses yet, and I wind up getting paid to just hang around and goof off online.  I also find that it's somewhat useful on a PD level to score tests I've prepped my students to take since I get to see how real kids are responding to the questions.  It's allowed me to anticipate specific problems that I wouldn't have intuitively guessed on my own, and advise my students accordingly in the next year.  I've also found that it looks good on a resume, especially if you're looking for a teaching job in a state whose high-stakes test is written by ETS.