K-12 Content Developer: AI-Enhanced Assessments

Pearson; Cheyenne (WY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist, Content Developer within the English Language Arts Content Development team to help create K-12 assessments for state and district clients. You will work as both a content and assessment expert, coordinating with educators, committees, and Pearson groups to deliver accessible, standards-based assessments.

Responsibilities include developing and reviewing test items, using AI tools, guiding item writers, facilitating customer meetings, and staying current with AI

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 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

Education

Bachelor's degree in education, content-specific area, or equivalent experience

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist, Content Developer within the English Language Arts Content Development team to help create K-12 assessments for state and district clients. You will work as both a content and assessment expert, coordinating with educators, committees, and Pearson groups to deliver accessible, standards-based assessments.

Responsibilities include developing and reviewing test items, using AI tools, guiding item writers, facilitating customer meetings, and staying current with AI