Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pearson is a leading education company, and they are seeking a Content Specialist – Science (Physical Sciences) to join their Measurement & Learning team. The role involves developing K-12 assessments for state and district clients, working collaboratively with educators and business partners to create accessible assessments.
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
- Leverage AI-powered tools to support the development, review, and enhancement of assessment content, ensuring outputs meet quality and accessibility standards
- Collaborate with team members to integrate AI-generated assets in assessment workflows, providing feedback using content and educational expertise
- 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
- Stay current with emerging technologies relevant to educational content creation and assessment, including AI
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Some travel required
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, or equivalent experience required
- Experience as a middle-grade or secondary teacher in the field of physical sciences, or teaching at the post-secondary level with demonstrable ability to adapt for younger audiences
- Professional knowledge of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Science Education, and broader educational trends 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 purposes
- Skill in basic software tools and technology 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
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program
- Information on benefits offered is [here](https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://pearsonbenefitsus.com/&data=04|01|tasha.scott@pearson.com|2c256513c79f4679be7c08d9e7287ebb|8cc434d797d047d3b5c514fe0e33e34b|0|0|637794983376381246|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000&sdata=t1YQPUL7BgoclUd7yE2i86QAirLf4z3z8OEWgr42q7c=&reserved=0)
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