Senior Alignment and Assessment Design Specialist

Edmentum; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Edmentum is seeking a Senior Alignment and Assessment Design Specialist to own high-quality assessment content from concept through delivery. You will lead item-writing, standards alignment, and cross-functional collaboration with curriculum, product, and state strategy teams.

This Remote First role requires expertise in backwards design, state submissions for K-12, and psychometric validity. The salary range is $85,000–$100,000 USD, with comprehensive benefits and a strong commitment to pay

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, English, literacy, mathematics, social studies, science, instructional design, or related field.
• 4+ years in assessment development, standards alignment or related educational role; K-12 experience valued.
• Advanced command of assessment design, item-writing standards, and validation methodologies.
• Able to apply backwards design to ground assessment design in instructional approach and state standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and refinement of assessment items, passages, and instructional content using backwards design.
• Develop CAS, assessment frameworks, and Task Model templates; manage multi-round passage development with vendors.
• Own state list submissions for subject areas, including K-8 correlations, ELPS crosswalks, and CSV preparation.
• Drive multi-round review and validation cycles; analyze field test data to recommend revisions.
• Partner across curriculum, product, design, state strategy, and GTM teams as subject-area content expert.
• Stay current on early literacy research, phonics continuums, and Universal Screener design.

Skills

Assessment design

Standards alignment

Backwards design

Item writing

Validation methods

Vendor coordination

K-8 correlations

ELPS crosswalks

TEI scoring

Excel skills

State submissions

Cross-team collab

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's preferred

Tools

Excel

Job description

WHO WE ARE

Edmentum is a dynamic educator and student-focused company dedicated to tech-enabled learning solutions. Our goal is to ensure that all students have access to flexible learning environments and educators have the tools they need to support their students. We are on a mission to create innovative, proven learning technology, partnering with educators to ignite student potential. We are a Remote First organization with a strong commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Alignment and Assessment Design Specialist, you will own high-quality assessment and instructional content from concept through delivery, making sure every item, passage, and crosswalk is grounded in sound instructional design and aligned to the standards students are measured against. You will be the steady expert across your subject areas, the person who knows the lifecycle cold, partners across teams, and raises the bar on quality for everything the function ships.

In this role you will:

• Lead the development and refinement of assessment items, passages, and instructional content using a backwards design approach
• Develop CAS, assessment frameworks, and Task Model templates, and manage multi-round passage development with vendors
• Own state list submission work for your subject areas, including K to 8 correlations, ELPS crosswalks, and correlation CSV preparation
• Drive multi-round review and validation cycles and analyze field test data to recommend revisions
• Partner across curriculum, product, design, state strategy, and GTM teams as the subject-area content expert
• Stay current on early literacy research, phonics continuums, and Universal Screener design and share that knowledge across the team

Who You Are

• You have a Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred) in education, English, literacy, mathematics, social studies, science, instructional design, or a related field
• You have 4 or more years of experience in assessment development, standards alignment, or a related educational role, and K to 12 classroom or curriculum experience is valued
• You have an advanced command of assessment design, item-writing standards, and validation methodologies
• You apply backwards design fluently to ground assessment design in instructional approach, skill statements, and state standards
• You have experience with state summative assessment design across fixed form, benchmark, and adaptive formats, including blueprints, standard setting, and performance level descriptors
• You understand scoring logic and TEI scoring design, and you collaborate comfortably with psychometricians on validity
• You can build and manage crosswalk workbooks and execute K to 8 correlations and ELPS crosswalks for state submissions
• You know early literacy frameworks and phonics continuums and can apply them to Universal Screener form development
• You are proficient with alignment, content management, and authoring platforms, and you have advanced Excel skills
• You exercise sound judgment about when to resolve issues independently and when to resolve issues independently and when to resolve issues independently
• You strengthen team culture through inclusive, trust-building collaboration
• You are willing to take on evolving responsibilities based on business needs.

Job Application Deadline: August 10, 2026

Pay range for this role: $85,000—$100,000 USD

At Edmentum, we are committed to pay transparency. The salary range provided reflects market research, the responsibilities of the role, and alignment with our compensation principles. Actual compensation will be determined based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, relevant experience and skill sets. All compensation decisions are individualized and based on the specific circumstances of each candidate.

We also offer a comprehensive benefits package to support your overall well-being and work-life balance. This includes medical, dental, and vision insurance with various plan options, a 401