Specialist, Content Developer (English Language Learners)

Responsibilities

• Develop and review content-specific test items, including language proficiency-based tasks, 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, linguistic accommodations, and other ancillary documents
• Collaborate with team members to leverage AI-powered tools to support the development, review, and enhancement of assessment content and provide feedback using content and educational expertise
• Select, assign, manage, and train item/passage writers and educators to develop items based on standards, cognitive and linguistic 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
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education preferred
• Bilingual, English as a Second Language, or equivalent experience required
• Five years of experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in the field of English language acquisition preferred
• Professional knowledge of language acquisition 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
• 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
• Excellent planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills and the ability to work on multiple activities and adapt to unexpected events