Specialist, Content Developer (Physical Sciences)

Pearson; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson seeks a Specialist - Science (Physical Sciences) to develop K-12 assessments for state and district clients. You will work as a content and assessment expert, collaborating with educators and partners to create standards-based, accessible assessments across the United States.

You will leverage AI-powered tools, contribute to item development, and work with test development managers, psychometricians, and Pearson groups. Some travel is required.

Qualifications

• Five years' teaching experience in elementary or secondary level preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, or equivalent experience required.
• Strong knowledge of content areas and educational trends.
• Experience with large-scale educational measurement preferred.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted content development and evaluation.
• Comfort prompting and evaluating AI-generated content for education

Responsibilities

• Develop and review test items across grade levels and formats.
• Create item specifications, test blueprints, and related documents.
• Leverage AI tools to support content development and ensure quality.
• Collaborate with educators, psychometricians, and Pearson teams.
• Assist in writer selection, training, and assignment for items.
• Participate in customer meetings and provide content expertise.
• Support test construction and review of forms; travel as needed.

Skills

Content development

Assessment design

AI-enabled content

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's in physics/chemistry or equivalent

Tools

AI tools

Job description

As a Specialist - Science (Physical Sciences) within Content Development team, you will work as both a content and assessment expert to develop K-12 assessments for our state and district clients. Our team develops standards-based assessments for students across the United States. We collaborate with education departments, committees of educators, and business partners to develop assessments of learning that are accessible to all students. We are looking for flexible and creative content experts to join our team.

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

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

Compensation

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:The minimum full-time salary range is between $70,000 - $80,000.This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

Applications will be accepted through Friday, Oct 30th, 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

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