ELA Content & Assessment Developer (AI-Enhanced)

Pearson; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist, Content Developer to join the English Language Arts Content Development team. You will serve as a content and assessment expert, developing K-12 assessments for state and district clients across the United States.

You will leverage AI-enabled tools to create high-quality, accessible content, collaborate with educators and partners, and help train writers. Some travel is required as part of this role.

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 required.
• Some experience in large-scale, educational measurement preferred.
• General knowledge of all phases of development, processing, scoring, and reporting of large-scale assessments 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.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review content-specific test items across grade levels for large-scale assessments.
• Help develop item, passage, and test specifications and blueprints.
• Leverage AI-powered tools to support content creation and ensure accessibility standards.
• Collaborate with team to integrate AI-generated assets in assessment workflows.
• Select, manage, and train item writers to develop items based on standards and cognitive complexity.
• Support customer meetings with content assessment expertise.
• Review test construction and composed test forms for quality control.
• Consult with customers in planning, status, and review meetings.
• Work with test development managers, psychometricians, and Pearson groups.
• Stay current with emerging AI technologies in educational content creation.

Skills

AI in content development

Communication skills

Adaptability to AI tools

Prompting and evaluating AI content

Software literacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in education or related field

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist, Content Developer to join the English Language Arts Content Development team. You will serve as a content and assessment expert, developing K-12 assessments for state and district clients across the United States.

You will leverage AI-enabled tools to create high-quality, accessible content, collaborate with educators and partners, and help train writers. Some travel is required as part of this role.