Senior Assessment Designer (Contract)

Responsibilities

• Work independently and collaboratively with the assessment design team to create, review, edit, and/or revise tests & items based on state standards and grade-level appropriateness to meet internal and external deadlines.
• Execute against blueprints to develop well-rounded assessments to meet customer needs.

Requirements

• Strong professional assessment writing and/or editing experience - particularly experience authoring tech-enhanced items directly in an assessment management system.
• Strong understanding of what makes well-composed and balanced assessment items and forms.
• Ability to write assessment items for students in K-12 grades with a strong understanding of Depth of Knowledge, rigor, differentiation, text complexity, and readability.
• Deep knowledge of academic standards and how to design strongly-aligned assessments.
• Ability to provide constructive feedback regarding assessment items or design.
• Subject-matter expertise in ELA, math, science, or social studies.
• Experience in education; former teaching experience is a plus but is not required.
• Experience working with educational publishers is a plus.

Qualifications

We’ve always believed in hiring the most awesome people and treating them right. We know that the more diverse we are, the more diverse our ideas will be and when we openly welcome those ideas, our environment is better and our business is stronger.

Skills

Competitive, meaningful benefits in every country where we operate.

Benefits

Competitive compensation, plus all full-time employees participate in our ownership program - because everyone should have a stake in our success.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified.

Schedule

Details about schedule are not specified.

Company Information

Instructure is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We comply with applicable employment and anti-discrimination laws in every country where we operate. All employees must pass a background check as part of the hiring process. To help protect our teams and systems, we’ve implemented identity verification measures. Candidates may be asked to verify their legal name, current physical location, and provide a valid contact number and residential address, in accordance with local data privacy laws. Any attempt to misrepresent personal or professional information will result in disqualification.