Assessment Specialist - English Language Arts

Pearson • Washington, DC • 2h ago

Description

As an Assessment Specialist 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 join our team.

Responsibilities:

? Develop and review content-specific test items, including multiple choice, technology enhanced, extended response, cluster sets, performance-based tasks, and simulations across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments

? Help develop item, passage, and test specifications, item development plans, test blueprints, and other ancillary documents

? Help select, assign, manage, and train item/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 of composed test forms

? Consult with the customer as required, including participation in planning, status, review meetings, etc.

? Work closely with test development managers, other content developers, psychometricians, and other Pearson groups

? Perform other duties as assigned

? Some travel required

Qualifications:

? Bachelor's degree in education, content-specific area, or equivalent experience required

? Five years' experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in the field of content-specific area preferred

? Professional knowledge of content-specific area and educational trends required

? Some experience in large-scale educational measurement preferred

? General knowledge of all phases of the development, processing, scoring, and reporting of large-scale assessments preferred

? 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 the ability to work on multiple activities and adapt to unexpected events

? Skill in basic software tools and technology and the confidence necessary to work with unfamiliar programs

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $65,000 - $75,000.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

Applications will be accepted through Monday, January 5th, 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

Offer info

Legal Employer

NCS Pearson, Inc

Business Unit

Assessment & Qualifications

Department

SA Servs - CDS Content

Workplace Posting Keyword

Remote

Job Tier

IC20

Job

Content Developer (LC406)

Associated Pearson Office

US-TX-Austin-400 Center Ridge

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Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.

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Job Family: LEARNING\&\CONTENT_DEVELOPMENT

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Remote

Req ID: 22080

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