Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pearson is a global learning company dedicated to helping people realize their potential through education. They are seeking a Specialist, Content Developer (English Language Arts) to develop K-12 assessments for state and district clients, ensuring quality and accessibility in educational content. The role involves collaboration with various stakeholders and the integration of AI tools in assessment workflows.
Responsibilities
- Develop and review content-specific test items, including multiple choice, technology enhanced, extended response, cluster sets, performance-based tasks, and simulations across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments
- Help develop item, passage, and test specifications, item development plans, test blueprints, and other ancillary documents
- Leverage AI-powered tools to support the development, review, and enhancement of assessment content, ensuring outputs meet quality and accessibility standards
- Collaborate with team members to integrate AI-generated assets in assessment workflows, providing feedback using content and educational expertise
- Help select, assign, manage, and train item/passage writers and educators to develop items based on standards, cognitive complexity, and item development best practices
- Facilitate and support customer meetings and provide content assessment expertise
- Facilitate activities related to test construction and review of composed test forms
- Consult with the customer as required, including participation in planning, status, review meetings, etc
- Work closely with test development managers, other content developers, psychometricians, and other Pearson groups
- Stay current with emerging technologies relevant to educational content creation and assessment, including AI
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Some travel required
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in education, content-specific area, or equivalent experience required
- Professional knowledge of content-specific area and educational trends required
- Demonstrated excellence in AI-supported content development, or clear evidence of strong potential and readiness to leverage AI effectively in content creation
- Skill in basic software tools and technology and the confidence necessary to work with unfamiliar programs
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills
- Ability to creatively and flexibly address challenges with a variety of audiences
- Excellent planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills and the ability to work on multiple activities and adapt to unexpected events
- Five years' experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in the field of content-specific area preferred
- Some experience in large-scale, educational measurement preferred
- General knowledge of all phases of the development, processing, scoring, and reporting of large-scale assessments preferred
- Experience or familiarity with prompting, refining, and evaluating AI-generated content for education purposes
- Demonstrated interest in learning about and adapting to new AI technologies as they evolve
Benefits
- This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program
- Information on benefits offered is here
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