Remote AI-Powered Science Assessment Designer

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

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist – Science (Physical Sciences) to join Content Development to develop standards-based K-12 assessments for state and district clients. You will act as a content and assessment expert, blending subject knowledge with AI-enabled content creation to ensure accessible, high-quality items.

The role involves item development across grades, collaboration with educators and psychometricians, and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, 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
• Some travel required

Education

Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, or equivalent experience

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist – Science (Physical Sciences) to join Content Development to develop standards-based K-12 assessments for state and district clients. You will act as a content and assessment expert, blending subject knowledge with AI-enabled content creation to ensure accessible, high-quality items.

The role involves item development across grades, collaboration with educators and psychometricians, and travel as needed.