Language Arts Curriculum Designer, Assessment Focus (K-5)

1 month ago
Full-time
Junior
Education and Training
IXL Learning

IXL Learning

IXL Learning: Personalized K–12 learning platform with interactive questions and awards in math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish for over 15 million students worldwide.

Diversified Consumer Services
1K-5K
Founded 2020

Description

  • Write and review clear, engaging assessment items for specified educational objectives in grades K–5.
  • Review and edit assessment items and collaborate with writers, editors, and illustrators to ensure content is clear, accurate, and age-appropriate.
  • Write achievement level descriptors and other assessment documentation.
  • Collaborate with curriculum designers, psychometricians, product managers, and company leaders to determine assessment scope and approach.
  • Develop and manage project plans to create and deliver high-quality assessment items.
  • Research and analyze content requirements, including state educational standards, to ensure alignment.
  • Assist with related ELA curriculum design work, including creating and reviewing standards alignments and writing/reviewing ELA content for IXL learning activities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Education, English, Linguistics, or a related field with an explicit focus on literacy.
  • 2+ years’ experience writing foundational reading items for statewide or national assessments.
  • Experience teaching beginning or struggling readers using a structured literacy approach.
  • Outstanding written and spoken communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely across age groups.
  • Ability to think strategically and creatively solve problems, with strong attention to detail and a collaborative, can-do attitude.
  • Ability to quickly learn new guidelines and software; familiarity with HTML, Jira, or version control software is a plus.
  • Experience in curriculum development and instructional design is a plus.
  • This is a full-time remote position for candidates located in the United States.
  • Application must include a resume and a cover letter (under 600 words) addressing your experience writing foundational assessment items and how your background would address challenges in developing online K–5 ELA assessments (please refrain from using AI tools in the cover letter).

Benefits

  • Full-time remote position for candidates based in the United States.
  • Work that impacts millions of learners through IXL’s products (e.g., used by 1 in 4 U.S. students) and other company brands.
  • Collaborative, mission-driven culture that values diversity, inclusion, and the open exchange of ideas.

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