ELA Content & Assessment Innovator — AI-Enabled

Pearson; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist to join the Content Development team in the U.S. to create and review K-12 assessment content for state and district clients.

You will leverage AI tools, collaborate with educators and psychometricians, and help manage writers to ensure standards-based items across grade levels. The role emphasizes quality, accessibility, and using AI responsibly, with opportunities to influence test construction and client consultations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, content-specific area, or equivalent experience required.
• 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.
• Experience or familiarity with prompting, refining, and evaluating AI-generated content for education purposes.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review content-specific test items across grade levels.
• 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

Communication

AI in education

Content development

Education technology

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in education or equivalent

Five years’ teaching experience (elementary/secondary)

Professional knowledge of content area and educational trends

Tools

AI tools

MS Office / Google Docs

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist to join the Content Development team in the U.S. to create and review K-12 assessment content for state and district clients.

You will leverage AI tools, collaborate with educators and psychometricians, and help manage writers to ensure standards-based items across grade levels. The role emphasizes quality, accessibility, and using AI responsibly, with opportunities to influence test construction and client consultations.