Advanced Specialist, Learning Scientist

Advanced Specialist, Learning Scientist

Measurement & Learning | School Assessment

We are seeking an Advanced Specialist, Learning Scientist ( Early Assessment and Learning Systems) to guide the design, alignment, and continuous improvement of early learning assessment and instructional support systems across literacy and numeracy contexts.

This role sits within the Measurement & Learning team and operates at the intersection of Early Learning, Measurement, Product, Content Development, Learning Science, Technology, and Partner Strategy. The role is responsible for helping ensure assessment and learning experiences for young learners remain developmentally appropriate, instructionally meaningful, and aligned to evidence-based early learning practices.

The role supports early learning strategy across Pearson’s formative assessment system, Navvy+ with an emphasis on coherence between formative learning systems designed to support standards mastery and screening/progress monitoring systems designed to support early identification and intervention planning.

This role also helps guide strategic decisions related to early literacy and numeracy product development, instructional supports, state screening/progress monitoring requirements, external partnerships, thought leadership, and emerging opportunities related to early learning systems.

• Provide strategic guidance related to early literacy and numeracy assessment and learning systems across formative, screening, and progress monitoring contexts
• Help evaluate product readiness, evidence alignment, and feature gaps related to state screening/progress monitoring requirements and approved provider lists
• Support development of strategic plans and recommendations to strengthen alignment to evolving state, policy, and funding expectations related to early learning and identification
• Help ensure coherence between formative learning systems designed to support standards mastery and screening/progress monitoring systems designed to support early identification and intervention planning
• Stay informed on emerging policy, research, and instructional trends related to early literacy, early numeracy, MTSS, dyslexia legislation, and early identification initiatives

• Provide early learning expertise and developmental guidance related to assessment content, instructional supports, learning materials, and student experiences for PreK–early elementary learners
• Partner with Product, Measurement, Content, UX, and Technology teams to help ensure products and learning supports remain developmentally appropriate for young learners
• Support guidance related to foundational literacy, numeracy, and communication development; developmentally appropriate assessment experiences; student engagement and motivation; instructional scaffolding; family communication and reporting approaches; and standards-aligned learning pathways
• Explore innovative and developmentally appropriate approaches for eliciting, understanding, and supporting early learner thinking, reasoning, communication, and skill development
• Help guide decisions related to supplemental learning supports, instructional activities, and learning materials for early learners
• Support evaluation of instructional quality, educational usefulness, and alignment of learning supports and instructional materials
• Help guide developmentally appropriate and family-centered communication approaches related to student growth, learning supports, and early learning progress

• Provide strategic guidance for early learning instructional support ecosystems connected to assessment evidence
• Help guide decisions related to teacher-facing instructional supports, supplemental instructional materials, independent and teacher-facilitated learning activities, high-quality instructional materials (HQIM), external instructional partnerships and content providers, responsible use of AI-assisted learning supports and instructional materials, and cross-standard instructional and pedagogical supports
• Help guide developmentally appropriate and educationally responsible use of AI-assisted supports for young learners
• Help ensure instructional supports meaningfully support both student learning and teacher instructional understanding
• Support coherence across assessment systems, instructional supports, intervention planning, and learning experiences for young learners

• Support responses to RFPs, grants, state opportunities, and strategic partnership initiatives related to early learning systems
• Contribute to internal enablement and guidance materials supporting onboarding, implementation, commercialization, partner engagement, and educator understanding related to early learning systems
• Contribute writing, guidance, and subject matter expertise for proposals, presentations, white papers, and thought leadership materials
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