K-12 Assessments Content Specialist (AI-Enhanced)

Pearson; Concord (NH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist to join Content Development, shaping K-12 assessments for state and district partners across the United States. You will develop and review test items and support item development plans with a focus on AI-assisted improvements.

You will collaborate with educators, psychometricians, and Pearson teams to ensure accessibility and alignment to standards. A strong background in education and excellent communication are essential.

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.
• 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

Oral communication

Written communication

Audience adaptability

Planning

Organization

Problem-solving

AI-enabled content development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education or related field

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist to join Content Development, shaping K-12 assessments for state and district partners across the United States. You will develop and review test items and support item development plans with a focus on AI-assisted improvements.

You will collaborate with educators, psychometricians, and Pearson teams to ensure accessibility and alignment to standards. A strong background in education and excellent communication are essential.