Newsela
Assessment Item Specialist, Freelance
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Contractor
💰 TBD
💻 Instructional Design
🗓️ December 17th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Develop and refine assessment items that match the cognitive rigor and content alignment of state summative assessments.
- Leverage expertise in educational assessment methodologies and cognitive rigor frameworks like Depth of Knowledge and Bloom's Taxonomy.
- Ensure quality through adherence to style guides, editorial best practices, fairness, bias reduction, readability, and accessibility standards.
- Create content focused on English Language Arts, Math, Science, or Social Studies.
- Utilize knowledge of current K-12 instructional strategies and curriculum design principles.
- Familiarity with technology-enhanced item (TEI) functionality is advantageous.
- Work contributes to the expansion and quality of the Newsela Item Bank used by educators and schools.
- The role is freelance and classified as non-exempt, individual contributor level.
- Newsela is a widely used instructional content platform with presence in over 90% of U.S. K-12 schools.
- No bonus eligibility; education is optional.
Assessment Item Specialist, Freelance Full Description
What do content contributors do?
Our contributors are the foundation for all of the engaging content we produce at Newsela. We utilize contributor talent to do the following tasks:
- Level content
- Assessment writing
- Vocabulary writing
- Translation (Spanish)
- Proofreading
- Curriculum development
- ...and more!
Who are our contributors?
Our contributors bring a wide variety of experiences to the table. They are journalists, writers, editors, and educators, to name a few. Some are content-matter experts, or have experience producing childrenâs content. No matter the experience, they are united by their:
- Commitment to developing engaging, student-centered, and culturally responsive resources
- Passion for improving the lives of teachers and students
- Attention to deadlines
How do I apply, and what happens next?
Do you think you would be a good fit for one (or more) of our tasks? Great! Weâd love to hear from you.
Please complete the information below. When you submit this, your resume and application will be added to our database, and should we recruit for any tasks that match your skills and experience, we will reach out to you.
Please note that while we recruit for freelance work on a rolling basis, our needs change rapidly and applying to this interest pool does not guarantee you will be contacted.
About Newsela
Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that combines engaging, leveled content with integrated formative assessments and insights to supercharge engagement and learning in every subject. Students and teachers use Newsela to find digital content from 100+ of the best sourcesâfrom National Geographic to NASA, Biography.com to Encyclopedia Britannica, the Washington Post to the Wichita Eagle. Content is instructionalized to meet students where they are, with interactive tools and analytics to take them where they want to go. Newsela has become an essential solution for schools and districts, with a presence in over 90% of U.S. K-12 schools. Newsela is the content platform for the connected classroom.
Looking for more information? Check out our Contributor site!
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