Pearson
Content Specialist - Alternate Assessment 12-Month Limited Term
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $60K - $70K
💻 Instructional Design
🗓️ December 15th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Develop and review various test items including multiple choice, technology enhanced, and performance-based tasks for alternate assessments.
- Assist in creating item, passage, and test specifications, development plans, and blueprints.
- Select, assign, manage, and train item/passage writers and educators.
- Provide expertise in alternate assessments during customer meetings and training activities.
- Collaborate with test development managers, content developers, psychometricians, and other Pearson groups.
- Bachelor's degree in education or related field with teaching certification in special education required.
- At least five years of teaching experience in elementary or secondary education, including work with special education students.
- Experience with inclusion/resource settings and curriculum modification for students with cognitive disabilities required.
- Preferred experience in large-scale educational measurement and alternate assessment development.
- Salary range is $60,000 - $70,000 with no bonus eligibility; position requires some travel.
Content Specialist - Alternate Assessment 12-Month Limited Term Full Description
As a Content Specialist - Alternate Assessment (12-Month Limited Term) within the Content Development Services 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 test items, including multiple choice, technology enhanced, extended response, cluster sets, performance-based tasks, and simulations across multiple grade levels for large-scale alternate assessments for students with cognitive disabilities
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 training activities and provide alternate 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 or related field with teaching certification in special education required
Five years' experience as an elementary or secondary teacher including experience working with special education students required
Experience working with students in inclusion or resource settings, and experience with modifying curriculum for students with cognitive disabilities
Professional knowledge of special education, including national trends and regulations
Some experience with low-incidence, self-contained classrooms, or life-skills student populations preferred
Some experience in large-scale educational measurement, especially alternate assessment development, 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 address challenges creatively and flexibly 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 $60,000 - $70,000.
This position is not bonus eligible, and information on benefits offered is here .
Applications will be accepted through Friday, Dec 19th, 2025. This window may be extended depending on business needs. .
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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