Advanced Specialist, Content Developer (Mathematics)

Pearson

2d•$70,000 - $80,000

About The Position

As an Advanced Specialist, Content Developer (Mathematics) within the Asset Creation 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 be leaders on our team.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in education, content-specific area or equivalent degree required
At least five years’ experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in the field of content-specific area preferred
At least three years’ experience in large-scale educational measurement preferred
Professional knowledge of content-specific area and educational trends required
Experience leading assessment programs preferred
General knowledge of all phases of the development, processing, scoring, and reporting of large-scale assessments required
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 and assessment purposes
Broad knowledge of common software programs, strong technology skills, 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
Skilled at creatively and flexibly addressing challenges with a variety of audiences
Excellent planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills and ability to coordinate multiple activities and adapt to unexpected events
Skill in evaluating and providing input on project schedules and process documents

Responsibilities

Develop and review content-specific test items and stimuli, including multiple choice, technology enhanced, extended response, cluster sets, performance-based tasks, and simulations across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments
Generate and implement asset specifications, item development plans, test blueprints, test designs, and other ancillary documents
Develop items and assessments based on accessibility considerations
Leverage AI-powered tools to support the development, review, and enhancement of assessment content, ensuring outputs meet quality and accessibility standards
Collaborate with and train team members to integrate AI-generated assets in assessment workflows, providing feedback using content and educational expertise
Select, assign, manage, and train item/passage writers and educators to develop items based on standards, cognitive complexity, and item development best practices
Facilitate customer meetings related to item and passage review, data review, test construction, review of composed test forms, achievement-level descriptors, standard setting, and technical advisory committees
Collaborate with internal teams and customers as an assessment expert
Contribute to proposal solutions through drafting test designs and authoring text
Lead teams of Assessment Specialists in the design and implementation of high-stakes assessment programs
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