Senior Assessment Specialist - English Language Arts - Pearson (California)
Senior Assessment Specialist — English Language Arts - ( 2107371 )
Description
We are the world’s learning company with more than 24,000 employees operating in 70 countries. We combine world-class educational content and assessment,powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized learning at scale. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people.
Responsibilities:
Development and review of English Language Arts items for large-scale assessments; evaluation of passages for use in large-scale assessments; interpretation of blueprints, and the construction of operational and field tests.
+ Involvement in standards interpretation, application of best practices in item and test development, facilitation of committees, and alignment determinations.
+ Position requires skills in grammar, editing, and communications with internal and external customers.
+ Facilitate, maintain and oversee content development in English Language Arts, Reading, Writing and/or Communications (Listening/Speaking); item writing and item and data review sessions; and provides content expertise during those sessions as necessary.
+ Develop item, passage, and test specifications documents as necessary. Assist in developing and conducting the item-writer training for development workshops. Perform passage research according to required specifications as needed.
+ Select, assign and manage subcontracted item and content development via item writers.
+ Review and edit test items developed by contractors during the item writing and review workshops.
+ Classify test items according to pre-specified content dimensions. Ensure the accuracy of item content coding, keying, and item validations.
+ Provide references in support of the use of each item (i.e. for the correct response and the incorrect response alternatives) as well as source references and copyright research.
+ Consult with the customer as required, including participation in planning, status, review meetings, etc.
+ Participate in test construction activities, including meeting statistical requirements, developing operational and embedded field test items, etc.
+ Work closely with Test Development Managers, other Content Developers, Psychometricians, and across group users of assessment content.
+ Perform other duties as assigned.
+ Some travel required for project-related meetings as necessary.
_The anticipated starting salary range for Colorado-based candidates expressing interest in this position is $70,000 – $80,000. This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program._
_Benefits available to eligible employees can be seen at: https://pearsonbenefitsus.com/_ Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Qualifications
+ Bachelor's degree in English, English literature, education, or equivalent education & experience required; master's degree desired.
+ At least 5 years experience in English education required.
+ Minimum 3 years assessment experience with 1 year of content development experience.
+ Ability to devise solutions to complex assessment issues with internal and external clients.
+ Ability to convey complex concepts to a variety of audiences (internal, external, naive, sophisticated).
+ Knowledge of and comfort with psychometric principles.
+ Ability to construct test design covering field test and operational tests across years.
+ Some experience in large-scale educational measurement, especially item development, strongly preferred.
+ Must have outstanding verbal and written communication skills. Must be able to provide problems/solutions to a variety of audiences including both sophisticated and naive customers.
+ Excellent project planning and organizational skills required, including the ability to coordinate a project and individuals and to adapt to unforeseen and unexpected requests or changes in priorities.
+ General knowledge of all phases of the development, processing, scoring and reporting of large-scale assessments preferred.
**Primary Location** : US-RE-Remote
**Work Locations** :
US-Remote
Remote
**Job** : Professional Development
**Organization** : Assessments School
**Employee Status** : Regular Employee
**Job Type** : Standard
**Job Level** : Individual Contributor
**Shift** : Day Job
**Travel** : Yes, 25 % of the Time
**Job Posting** : Jun 8, 2021
**Job Unposting** : Ongoing
**Schedule:** : Full-time Regular
**Req ID:** 2107371
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