Specialist, Content Developer Social Studies (12 Month Limited Term)

As a Social Studies Content Specialist within the Asset Creation 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 learningthat are accessible to all students. We are looking for flexible and creative content experts to join our team.

Responsibilities:

Develop and review social studies test items and stimuli, including multiple choice, technology enhanced, extended response, cluster sets, and performance-based tasks across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments

Help develop social studies item, passage, and test specifications, item development plans, test blueprints, and other ancillary documents

Leverage AI-powered tools to support the development, review, and enhancement of social studies assessment content, ensuring outputs meet quality and accessibility standards

Collaborate with team members to integrate AI-generated assets in assessment workflows, providing feedback using social studies content and educational expertise

Help select, assign, manage, and train item/passage writers and educators to develop social studies items based on standards, cognitive complexity, and item development best practices

Facilitate and support customer meetings and provide social studies 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, including AI

Perform other duties as assigned