Associate, Scoring Service

Pearson

18d • $18 • Remote

About The Position

We are the world’s learning company with more than 24,000 employees operating in
70 countries. We combine world-class educational content and assessment, powered
by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized
learning at scale. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people.
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.
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 Hadley, MA office:
Dance
Digital Literacy & Computer Science
History
Music
Technology Engineering

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree or higher, and
• A current teaching certification in the subject area you are applying for AND be practicing or have two (2) or more years’ recent experience in the service role in a public school in the subject area you are applying for
• OR serve as, or have recently served as, a college/university/program faculty member who          prepares candidates for the subject you are applying for
• OR who holds a bachelor’s and/or master’s degree and is a graduate student currently teaching courses in the subject area
• Both active and recently retired practitioners can be eligible to score.
• Basic computer skills (keyboard, mouse)
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time
• Ability to maintain a confidential work environment
• Eligible to work in the United States

Responsibilities

• Evaluate responses to test questions by Massachusetts 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

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees