AI-Enhanced Science Assessment Developer

Pearson; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist – Science (Physical Sciences) to join Content Development, developing and reviewing K-12 assessment items and supporting AI-enhanced workflows. You will collaborate with educators, psychometricians, and Pearson groups to ensure high-quality, accessible content across state and district clients.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted content creation, standards alignment, and active engagement with customers to plan and deliver assessments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, 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 required.
• Some experience in large-scale educational measurement preferred.
• Demonstrated excellence in AI-supported content development or readiness to leverage AI in content creation.
• Experience or familiarity with prompting, refining, and evaluating AI-generated content for education purposes.
• Skill in basic software tools and technology.
• Demonstrated interest in learning about and adapting to new AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review content-specific test items across grade levels for large-scale assessments.
• Help develop item, passage, and test specifications, and other documents.
• Leverage AI-powered tools to support assessment content with accessibility standards.
• Collaborate to integrate AI-generated assets in assessment workflows with feedback.
• Select, assign, and train writers and educators for item development.
• Support customer meetings with content assessment expertise.
• Assist in test construction and review of test forms.
• Consult with customers in planning and status reviews.
• Coordinate with test development managers, content developers, psychometricians, and Pearson groups.
• Stay current with emerging AI technologies in educational content creation.

Skills

Content development

AI in education

Educational assessment knowledge

Communication skills

Project management

Prompting AI content

Collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, or equivalent experience

Tools

AI tools experience

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist – Science (Physical Sciences) to join Content Development, developing and reviewing K-12 assessment items and supporting AI-enhanced workflows. You will collaborate with educators, psychometricians, and Pearson groups to ensure high-quality, accessible content across state and district clients.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted content creation, standards alignment, and active engagement with customers to plan and deliver assessments.