Associate, Scoring Service

Pearson • Sacramento, CA

6d • Remote

About The Position

Description Evaluation Systems of Pearson offers dynamic teacher licensing and performance assessment solutions. Our custom teacher licensure testing programs are 100 percent aligned to state standards. We also provide a wide variety of teacher licensure testing services such as test development, administration, and scoring. We work in a collaborative environment and are passionate about education. Scoring offers the opportunity to network with other professionals and stay abreast of the latest developments in your field. Scorers have a direct impact on the quality of the next generation of teachers and help to maintain professional standards. Scorers enjoy the change of pace, the mental challenge and the opportunity to give back to their educational field. We have immediate openings for candidates to score the subjects below remotely for our Sacramento, CA office: (CA) Associate, Scoring Services for; Art Biology Chemistry Dance Earth Science Geometry Home Economics Music Physics Multiple Subjects Science

Requirements

• Hold a Teaching Credential in California corresponding to the content field, have at least three years of teaching experience, and be teaching or have taught within the last three years in California; or be an instructor in a California institution of higher education who, in the last three years, has taught classes corresponding to the content field; or have served as a Single Subject Assessments for Teaching scorer in the content field; or have continuing experience as a scorer in the content field after having met one of the above qualifications; or have an authorization to teach in California public schools in the corresponding content field and is a current California resident; or hold a graduate degree in the content field and is a current California resident; or hold a bachelor’s degree and have several years’ professional experience in the content field and is a current California resident; or hold a bachelor’s degree and/or master’s degree and be a graduate student currently teaching courses in the content field in the state of California ; or have served as a CTC-approved member of the appropriate CSET test development and/or standard setting panel and is a current California resident; or be a CTC-approved scorer.
• Be a resident of California with eligibility to work in the United States.
• Possess basic computer skills (keyboard, mouse)
• The ability to sit for extended periods of time
• The ability to maintain a confidential work environment

Responsibilities

• Evaluate responses to test questions by California teacher candidates
• Internalize scoring standards, participate in discussions, and engage with other scorers in consensus scoring activities
• Recognize and discuss various types of bias (e.g., implicit bias, cultural bias, leniency bias, central tendency bias, halo effect) and effect strategies to reduce personal biases in scoring
• Meet quality and productivity requirements established for the scoring program, including passing a qualifying test before scoring

Benefits

• Starting rate of $17.50 per hour
• Working remotely

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level