Specialist, Content Developer (Physical Sciences)

Pearson•United States,

8d•$70,000 - $80,000

About The Position

As a Specialist – Science (Physical Sciences) on the Content Development team, you will serve as both a content and assessment expert, developing K–12 assessments for state and district clients. The team creates standards-based assessments for students across the United States in collaboration with education departments, educator committees, and business partners, with a focus on assessments that are accessible to all students. The role involves creating and reviewing assessment content, supporting test development and construction, working with customers and internal teams, and applying AI tools and expertise to assessment workflows. Some travel is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, or equivalent experience.
Professional knowledge of the content-specific area and educational trends.
Demonstrated excellence in AI-supported content development, or clear evidence of strong potential and readiness to use AI effectively in content creation.
Experience or familiarity with prompting, refining, and evaluating AI-generated content for educational purposes.
Skill in basic software tools and technology, and confidence working 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 ability to manage multiple activities and adapt to unexpected events.

Nice To Haves

Five years’ experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in the content-specific field.
Some experience in large-scale educational measurement.
General knowledge of all phases of the development, processing, scoring, and reporting of large-scale assessments.

Responsibilities

Develop and review content-specific test items across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments, including multiple choice, technology-enhanced, extended response, cluster sets, performance-based tasks, and simulations.
Help develop item, passage, and test specifications, item development plans, test blueprints, and other ancillary documents.
Use AI-powered tools to develop, review, and enhance assessment content while ensuring quality and accessibility standards.
Collaborate with team members to integrate AI-generated assets into assessment workflows and provide feedback using content and educational expertise.
Help select, assign, manage, and train item and 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 composed test forms.
Consult with customers as required, including participating in planning, status, and review meetings.
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.
Travel as required.