AI-Driven K-12 ELA Assessment Content Expert

Pearson; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist within the Content Development team to develop K-12 assessments for state and district clients. You will work as a content and assessment expert, collaborating with educators and partners to create accessible, standards-based items across grade levels.

In this role you will leverage AI-powered tools, manage item writers, support test construction, and stay current with emerging technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, content-specific area, or equivalent experience.
• Five years’ experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in the field of content-specific area preferred.
• Professional knowledge of content-specific area and educational trends.
• Experience or familiarity with prompting, refining, and evaluating AI-generated content for education purposes.
• 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.

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

Skills

Strong AI-enabled content development

Oral and written communication

Analytical problem solving

Adaptability and creativity

Prompting and evaluating AI content

Collaboration with diverse teams

Project management

Tech/software literacy

Ability to learn new AI technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in education, content-specific area, or equivalent experience

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist within the Content Development team to develop K-12 assessments for state and district clients. You will work as a content and assessment expert, collaborating with educators and partners to create accessible, standards-based items across grade levels.

In this role you will leverage AI-powered tools, manage item writers, support test construction, and stay current with emerging technologies.