Content Specialist II, ELA/Alternate Assessment

Contribute to conceptualization, specifications, and creation of innovative content and new assessment products, systems, or services. Use databases and technology tools to construct, track, and edit items. Develop a variety of assessment item types according to standards frameworks and other requirements, including multiple-choice, short-answer, constructed-response, and evidence-based response items. Create and refine item specification documents, test or product blueprints, and supplementary materials, as well as facilitate advisory committee meetings. Conduct training workshops in item writing and other test development related tasks for a variety of audiences; listen to and address concerns of workshop members, clients and/or developers. Train and provide feedback for item writers. Review colleagues' work and provide feedback. Provide coordination and uniformity for presentation and quality of items, sets, and other work products. Prepare item sets and materials for committee meetings and facilitate and guide the work of advisory committees. Create and analyze test blueprints. Interpret and use item statistics in the selection of items; complete item selection and test construction according to blueprint and test specifications. Consult with scoring chief readers during benchmarking. Assist with development of assessment guides, brochures, and sample question packets. Work with Psychometricians to develop items to both content and psychometric parameters including adaptive testing banks. Ascertain and study current trends within national and professional groups' content standards and in how children and adults learn. Participate in personal and professional development. Perform duties and fulfill responsibilities that may, from time to time, include related or unrelated tasks.