Test Developer II

Job Overview: Someone in the role of Test Developer II has demonstrated strong item writing and reviewing skills, grade/grade-band lead skills, and may have multiple years as a teaching professional. At this stage, staff can begin taking on tasks with more responsibility involving team leadership (TL), content focus (IC), or content development management (IDM). Job Responsibilities: Uses state item specifications to write effective items for different projects. Works under the direction of a project content lead to lead a grade level item pool development for a state Leads group reviews and independently conducts preliminary, content review 1, and may begin to conduct senior reviews for all projects. Leads educator content review meetings, rubric validation meetings, range finding meetings, and data review meetings Participates in standard setting meetings as the content expert Leads item development for grade level or grade band, independently Leads item development for content area, with supervision Writes blueprints and translates them into an item pool development plan, with supervision Has increasingly independent client interactions Leads group reviews and independently conducts preliminary, content review 1, and may begin to conduct senior reviews for all projects. Leads educator content review meetings, rubric validation meetings, range finding meetings, and data review meetings Participates in standard setting meetings as the content expert Leads item development for grade level or grade band, independently Leads item development for content area, with supervision Manages schedules and oversee quality of content development for a team of Test Developers Manages item development for all content areas on small projects Writes blueprints and translates them into an item pool development plan, with supervision Has increasingly independent client interactions Job Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Science or a related field 5-8 years’ experience or a Master’s degree 1-4 years’ experience Minimum of 4 years’ experience teaching science and/or developing content in an Educational Assessment environment Strong knowledge and experience with the U.S. Education and Education Assessment is required Analytical skills and attention to detail Ability to identify problems and conceptualize solutions Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines Ability to multi-task Skilled at collaboration Required travel for this position ranges from 1 week to 6 weeks per year Candidates should be able to travel from 2-5 days at a time Why Work With Us? When you work with Cambium Assessment, you’ll be helping to design and build inspiring solutions that make a real impact on the online testing industry, as well as the educators and students we support. Our ground breaking work includes: Advanced computer-adaptive algorithms Mobile support of user interfaces Learning management systems with social media features Universally accessible user interfaces Machine scorable items In the 2021–2022 school year, we delivered more than 100 million online tests, successfully supported peak testing volumes exceeding 1.3 million simultaneous test takers, while ensuring an average response time of less than a tenth of a second. We have the most advanced features of any online testing system, and we continue to push boundaries to improve student performance measurement and enabling educators with actionable insights to drive better overall educational outcomes for our students. To learn more about our organization and the exciting work we do, visit www.cambiumassessment.com An Equal Opportunity Employer We are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, ideas, and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. Cambium Learning® Group is the education essentials company. With an intentionally curated portfolio of respected global brands, Cambium serves as a leader in the education space, helping millions of educators and students feel more universally valued each and every day. In everything we do and across all our brands, we focus on the elements that are most essential to the success of education Our family of companies includes: Cambium Assessment Lexia® Learning Learning A-Z® Voyager Sopris Learning® ExploreLearning® Time4Learning® Kurzweil Education® To learn more about the Cambium organization and our other career opportunities, visit www.cambiumlearning.com/about-us/careers As a group, we value: Simplicity - Across all our teams and all areas of our business, we create simplicity, making things easier and more clear for all those we work with. Certainty - We continually strive to eliminate doubt, delivering solutions, services and communications that our customers know they can count on. Now - We understand the need to make a difference not only for the future, but for today, and our people are committed to making the most of each moment we spend serving our customers.