Impactful ELA Content & Assessment Developer

Pearson; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist to develop K-12 assessments within the Content Development team. You will create and review content-specific test items, collaborate with educators and AI tools, and help train writers across grade levels.

This role emphasizes accessibility, standards alignment, and effective customer communication. You will work with test development managers, psychometricians, and Pearson groups to stay current with AI in education and contribute to test forms and

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 the development, processing, scoring, and reporting of large-scale assessments 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
• Skill in basic software tools and technology and the confidence necessary to work with unfamiliar programs
• Demonstrated interest in learning about and adapting to new AI technologies as they evolve
• 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 and the ability to work on multiple activities and adapt to unexpected event

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

Excellent communication

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in education or related field

5+ years teaching experience

Tools

Basic software tools

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist to develop K-12 assessments within the Content Development team. You will create and review content-specific test items, collaborate with educators and AI tools, and help train writers across grade levels.

This role emphasizes accessibility, standards alignment, and effective customer communication. You will work with test development managers, psychometricians, and Pearson groups to stay current with AI in education and contribute to test forms and