Jim Hill
Vice President, Custom Assessment Programs

Jim Hill oversees a staff of more than 90 program managers and project coordinators responsible for the delivery of more than 20 complex, statewide educational testing programs designed to meet the accountability requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).

Hill has extensive knowledge of technology products development and marketing and has served as a senior manager, before becoming Interim Vice President. As Director of Technology Products, he identified products, applications, and markets for computer-based testing, item banking, and Internet-based products. Over the last 10 years, Hill has served in various management roles at Harcourt Assessment, including manager of the science assessment group, project director for development for Stanford Achievement Test Series, Ninth Edition (Stanford 9) and Metropolitan Achievement Tests®, Eighth Edition (METROPOLITAN8) science assessment programs, project director for development on the Virginia Standards of Learning, Mississippi Subject Area Testing Programs, and the Delaware Student Testing Program. He has also served as Senior Program Director for the Virginia Standards of Learning Program and the South Dakota STEP program.

Prior to his work at Harcourt, Hill was vice president of products and technical services for a local manufacturing company. He directed and managed development of new products, production techniques, and testing and certification programs.

Hill earned his master’s degree in science at Georgia Institute of Technology University and a bachelor’s degree in physics, with a minor in business, at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. He is also a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).