Westat’s 11-week summer internship experiences will be hybrid at one of our U.S. office locations. Our interns can expect to work 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday.

The program will begin on Monday, June 2, 2025, and end by August 15, 2025. During the summer internship program, you will be assigned a project deliverable and will present about your experience during the final week of the program. You will also attend educational programs and networking events.
We are looking for students who possess an interest in education data research and analysis. We invite candidates to apply who are excited to learn more about what it’s like to work at Westat.

A hybrid work arrangement with 1-2 days onsite at a Westat office is preferred. This is a U.S. based position; pay rate for this role is $30/hr.

Job Summary:
The intern will support two projects. One project will entail onsite data collection within schools that are participating in a randomized control trial (travel required). The other project will entail data cleaning and analyses, quality checks, and report writing.

Job responsibilities:

Onsite data collection with travel, data cleaning, basic data analysis, quality checks, and report writing.Responsible for collecting and analyzing data from teachers and schools, ensuring data integrity through cleaning, quality assurance (QA), and quality control (QC). Additional responsibilities include IRB training compliance, policy analysis, and conducting program evaluations.Basic Qualifications:Currently pursuing a PhD related to Education Studies or the social sciences.Demonstrated experience with statistical software (e.g., R, SAS, SPSS, or Stata)Demonstrated experience conducting data cleaning, descriptive and inferential statisticsDemonstrated experience communicating with lead staff around data challenges from collection to analysis.Preferred Qualifications:A master’s degree completed within the past 6 months.Previous teaching experience.Interest in topics such as early childhood education, K-12 education, postsecondary education/training, rural education, educational equity, and education research and/or program evaluation.Other Required Qualifications:Demonstrated experience with MS Office, Excel, PowerPointAbility to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. Demonstrated written and oral communication.Comfortable navigating elementary and middle school systems and communicating with teachers.Cover letters are encouraged.

We encourage students attending minority-serving institutions (HBCUs, HSIs and TCUs) to apply. 

Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC.

Westat is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or any other protected status under applicable law.
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