AI-Enhanced ELA Content & Assessment Specialist

Pearson; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist to join the Content Development team, developing K-12 assessments for state and district clients across the United States. You will serve as a content and assessment expert, collaborating with educators, committees, and partners to create standards-based materials accessible to all students.

You will leverage AI-powered tools to create, review, and enhance assessment content, contribute to item development, and train writers to meet quality and accessibility

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.
• Strong knowledge of content-specific area and educational trends required.
• Some experience in large-scale, educational measurement preferred.
• Demonstrated excellence in AI-supported content development, or clear evidence of strong potential and readiness to leverage AI effectively in content creation.
• Experience or familiarity with prompting, refining, and evaluating AI-generated content for education purposes.

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

Skills

AI content development

Educational content development

Communication skills

Prompting AI models

Project management

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in education or related field

Tools

AI platforms

MS Office

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist to join the Content Development team, developing K-12 assessments for state and district clients across the United States. You will serve as a content and assessment expert, collaborating with educators, committees, and partners to create standards-based materials accessible to all students.

You will leverage AI-powered tools to create, review, and enhance assessment content, contribute to item development, and train writers to meet quality and accessibility