Science Assessments Content Developer — AI-Enhanced (K-12)

Pearson; Boise (ID); Remote; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist – Science (Physical Sciences) to develop standards-based K-12 assessments for state and district clients in a remote-capable role. You will act as content and assessment expert, collaborating with educators and Pearson teams to ensure accessible, high-quality items across grades.

Responsibilities include item development, AI-assisted review, writer management, customer meetings, and staying current with AI trends. Travel may be required occasionally.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

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 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 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

Skills

Oral and written communication

Audience adaptation

Planning and organization

Problem-solving

AI content development

Prompting/AI evaluation

Tech-savvy

Adaptability to AI tech

Education

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

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist – Science (Physical Sciences) to develop standards-based K-12 assessments for state and district clients in a remote-capable role. You will act as content and assessment expert, collaborating with educators and Pearson teams to ensure accessible, high-quality items across grades.

Responsibilities include item development, AI-assisted review, writer management, customer meetings, and staying current with AI trends. Travel may be required occasionally.