Mathematics Assessment Content Specialist

Pearson; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson seeks a Specialist, Content Developer (Mathematics) to create and review mathematics content for K-12 assessments used by state and district clients. You’ll collaborate with educators and partners, leveraging AI to enhance items and ensure accessibility across grade levels.

The role aligns with industry titles like Assessment Specialist or Content Specialist, with responsibilities spanning item development, review, and client meetings. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education or equivalent experience.
• Five years’ experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in content-specific area preferred.
• Professional knowledge of content-specific area and educational trends.
• Some experience in large-scale educational measurement preferred.
• General knowledge of all phases of 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.
• Skill in basic software tools and technology and the confidence 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

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 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 and cognitive complexity.
• 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.
• Some travel required

Skills

Communication skills

AI literacy

Prompting AI

Problem solving

Adaptability

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in education

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Pearson seeks a Specialist, Content Developer (Mathematics) to create and review mathematics content for K-12 assessments used by state and district clients. You’ll collaborate with educators and partners, leveraging AI to enhance items and ensure accessibility across grade levels.

The role aligns with industry titles like Assessment Specialist or Content Specialist, with responsibilities spanning item development, review, and client meetings. Travel may be required.