Become a Center Intern!
The Scott F. Marion Internship offers a unique opportunity to gain real-world experience in educational assessment and accountability policy and practice.
We are pleased to offer an annual summer internship program to advanced doctoral students in educational measurement and/or assessment and accountability policy. This program is perfect for those who are looking for an opportunity to work with seasoned professionals on projects with direct implications on state and national educational policy.
Program Details
As a Center intern, you will work on one major project throughout the summer. Interns will also have opportunities to interact with Center staff on ongoing projects, attend meetings with numerous leaders in assessment, accountability, and education policy. Interns are expected to produce a written report, suitable for conference presentation as a culminating project of the internship.
General Qualifications
Internship candidates typically have completed at least two years of doctoral coursework in educational measurement, curriculum studies, statistics, research methods, or a related field. Interns with documented previous research experience are preferred. Further, you must document your ability to work independently to complete a long-term project. Specific qualifications are detailed in our annual internship announcement, which is released each winter.
The Center’s 2025 interns (left to right): Nicolás Buchbinder (University of Colorado – Boulder), Daniel Raphael (Boston College), Jesse Eze (University of Delaware), Kamala Nasirova (University of New Hampshire), Mostafa Hanafy (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Elie ChingYen Yu (University at Albany-State University of New York), Erik Whitfield (University of Colorado – Boulder), Brian Harrold (University of South Carolina).
The Center’s 2024 interns (left to right): Joy Zhang (Brigham Young University), Courtney Stone (Arizona State University), Mara McFadden (James Madison University), Andrew Krist (University of Alabama) and Mi Jin Park (City University of New York).
Consider an Internship With Us!
Each summer, the Center is pleased to offer internship opportunities for advanced doctoral students in educational measurement and/or assessment/accountability policy who want the opportunity to work with the Center’s professionals on projects with direct implications for state and national educational policy.
The internship duration is 8 weeks onsite at the Center’s office in Dover, New Hampshire. A stipend, housing allowance, and reasonable relocation expenses are provided. The internship typically begins in early June.
We’ll post information about our 2026 internship this winter. In the meantime, feel free to review information about our 2025 summer internship.