Specialist, Content Developer (Science)

Pearson•United States,

8d•$70,000 - $80,000

About The Position

As a Specialist on Pearson’s Content Development (Science) team, you will serve as a content and assessment expert developing K–12 standards-based assessments for state and district clients across the United States. The team works with education departments, educator committees, and business partners to create assessments of learning that are accessible to all students. The role involves developing and reviewing assessment content across multiple grade levels and using AI tools to support content creation and review while ensuring quality and accessibility.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in education, a content-specific area, 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 address challenges creatively and flexibly 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 of experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in the content-specific area.
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, including multiple-choice, technology-enhanced, extended-response, cluster-set, performance-based, and simulation items, across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments.
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 based on content and educational expertise.
Help select, assign, manage, and train item and passage writers and educators to develop standards-based items reflecting cognitive complexity and item-development best practices.
Facilitate and support customer meetings and provide content assessment expertise.
Facilitate test-construction activities 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.