ELA Lead Content Specialist

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and review ELA items and stimuli including multiple-choice, technology-enhanced, and constructed response items, using multiple platforms and item banking systems.
• Ensure the use of best practices in ELA development, including reviewing materials for accessibility and bias/sensitivity concerns.
• Prepare approved items for inclusion in field tests and collaborate with psychometricians and editors to construct test forms.
• Collaborate with client staff to facilitate ongoing client review of test development and build and maintain positive relationships with clients.
• Train and provide feedback to ELA content staff including content specialists and item writers.
• Coordinate and monitor ELA staffing across projects.
• Develop and maintain internal schedules and work plans and track deliverables to complete all project work on schedule with the highest professional levels of quality and accuracy.
• Develop item specifications, process documentation, and other materials to facilitate test development.
• Contribute subject matter expertise as needed for internal and external clients.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Education, English Language Arts, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of three years' experience in assessment development.
• Experience working in Microsoft Office and online item development or item banking systems.
• Ability to travel 5 to 10 days each year if needed to meet with clients and review committees.
• Mastery of the Common Core or other State Standards for English Language Arts.

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in the United States
• Should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status

Benefits & Perks

• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Health insurance
• Profit sharing
• ESOP