Math Assessment Writer/Designer

Derivita; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible schedule

Contract position

Job summary

Derivita is seeking a Math Assessment Writer/Designer to develop and review Algebra 1 items for a state-end assessment in a remote contractor role. You will create, review, and revise items, ensure alignment with Common Core and state standards, and craft authentic real-world contexts.

Collaborate with educators and subject-matter experts to ensure accuracy, rigor, and alignment, and shape how the assessment fits together—standards coverage, item types, and overall difficulty.

Qualifications

• Requires strong writing of math problems and clear statements.
• Experience aligning items to Common Core/state standards.
• Ability to craft real-world contexts and plausible distractors.

Responsibilities

• Write, review, and revise Algebra 1 assessment items across the full course.
• Specify item requirements using templates.
• Author real-world problems with authentic contexts and solvable math.
• Verify accuracy and align with standards and blueprint.
• Balance item types and difficulty across the assessment.

Skills

Algebra 1 item writing

Math standards

Assessment design

Strong math writing

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics or Education

Job description

As a Math Assessment Writer/Designer, you will be responsible for developing and reviewing assessment items for an Algebra 1 assessment designed to mirror a state end-of-course exam. Most of this work is item writing. Beyond the individual items, you will also help shape how the assessment fits together as a whole, so that its standards coverage, item types, and overall difficulty reflect the state assessment it is modeled on.

You will work collaboratively with other content creators and subject matter experts to ensure that all assessment items are accurate, rigorous, and aligned with the latest educational standards. Our first project is a single assessment, and there is potential for ongoing work across additional assessments, states, and courses.

This is a remote, independent contractor position that offers flexibility and the opportunity to work with a dynamic team of professionals.

Quick Look

Position Type

Location

Remote

Course

First Project

A single assessment

What you'll do

Item writing

• Create, review, and revise Algebra 1 assessment items across the full course, including linear equations and inequalities, systems, functions, exponents and exponential models, polynomials and factoring, quadratics, radicals, and statistics with bivariate data.
• Write straightforward and easy-to-follow specifications of each assessment item, following a template.
• Author real-world and modeling problems with authentic contexts, realistic numbers, and clean, solvable mathematics.
• Verify mathematical accuracy, build each distractor around a plausible student error, and confirm that every item has one defensible correct answer.
• Ensure that all assessment items are accurate, rigorous, and aligned with Common Core and state standards.
• Study the target state assessment, including its released items and published blueprint, and identify what our assessment needs to match.
• Recommend how the assessment should be put together as a whole: which standards it covers, how many items each standard gets, and how items are distributed across difficulty levels.
• Recommend item types and formats that reflect those used on the state assessment, including technology-enhanced formats such as graphing, equation entry, and drag-and-drop.
• Order and balance the items so the assessment reads as a coherent form rather than a list of questions.
• Review the assembled assessment against the state model and flag gaps, redundancies, or mismatches in coverage and rigor.

What we're looking for

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of Common Core and state standards for secondary mathematics.
• Experience in secondary mathematics teaching or secondary mathematics assessment development. Specific experience in Algebra 1 is preferred.
• Familiarity with state end-of-course assessments in mathematics and how they are structured.
• Excellent mathematical writing and editing skills, with an eye for precise, unambiguous problem statements.
• Understanding of common student misconceptions in algebra and the ability to build distractors around them.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team.
• Familiarity with digital assessment tools and technology.
• A passion for improving educational outcomes for students.
• Experience with South Carolina mathematics standards or its End-of-Course Examination Program is preferred, though we welcome candidates with strong experience in other states.

Company

We are an education technology company that is solving real problems for teachers and students.

Our mission is to empower teachers to remove obstacles in education and increase the number of students receiving degrees by providing them with high-quality assessments and in-class engagement tools.

Derivita is committed to creating a diverse environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer.