Math Assessment Content Specialist

Pearson; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist, Content Developer (Mathematics) to create and review K-12 assessment content for state and district clients. You will apply AI-powered tools to enhance item development and ensure accessibility, collaborating with educators, psychometricians, and Pearson teams.

The role aligns with titles such as Assessment Specialist; requires a education degree and teaching experience, and offers growth in AI-driven content creation across multiple grades.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education 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 readiness to leverage AI effectively in content creation
• Experience or familiarity with prompting, refining, and evaluating AI-generated content for education purposes
• 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

Responsibilities

• Develop and review content-specific test items across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments
• Help develop item, passage, and test specifications, item development plans, test blueprints, and other documents
• Leverage AI-powered tools to support development, review, and enhancement of assessment content
• Collaborate with team to integrate AI-generated assets in assessment workflows
• Help select, assign, manage, and train item/passage writers and educators
• 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 in planning, status, and review meetings
• Work closely with test development managers, other content developers, psychometricians, and Pearson groups
• Stay current with emerging technologies relevant to educational content creation and assessment, including AI
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

AI-enabled content development

Prompting and evaluating AI content

Oral and written communication

Planning and organization

Adaptability to AI technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in education

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist, Content Developer (Mathematics) to create and review K-12 assessment content for state and district clients. You will apply AI-powered tools to enhance item development and ensure accessibility, collaborating with educators, psychometricians, and Pearson teams.

The role aligns with titles such as Assessment Specialist; requires a education degree and teaching experience, and offers growth in AI-driven content creation across multiple grades.