Assessment Content Creator, Middle School Math

Assessment Content Creator, Middle School Math (6-8) (12-months fixed term)

Mountain View, CA / Remote (Continental US + Hawaii + Canada Only)

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free, high-quality supplemental learning content and practice that cover Pre-K - 12th grade and early college core academic subjects, focusing on math and science. We have over 181 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide, focusing on learners in historically under-resourced communities.

OUR COMMUNITY

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we. Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we serve.

We know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

THE ROLE

Khan Academy is seeking an experienced and versatile assessment content creator to serve as a Middle School Content Creator on the Assessments team. As an assessment content creator, you will contribute to the development of new, innovative K-12 assessments. The ideal candidates will possess deep knowledge of middle school mathematics, common core and state standards, and assessment development best practices, and have a passion for teaching and learning.

Our math assessments content team of MS and HS math content creators work closely together as a team to optimize standards coherence and alignment, and work cross-functionally with engineers, designers, and other teams at Khan Academy whose close collaboration is essential to delivering a high‑quality, equitable, engaging assessment experience for all learners.

• Contribute to the creation of K‑12 assessments, leveraging your subject matter expertise to execute on blueprints to create high‑quality assessment content
• Use and contribute to improvements in our content and item management systems
• Ensure alignment of items with standards and item development best practices
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams – product, design, and engineering – to create more engaging, interactive, and informative assessments for our students
• Innovate with new item types made possible by AI technologies
• Participate in ideation and review processes for all MS math assessment content

• Experience in large‑scale, K‑12 assessment development, including blueprint creation and item development
• Deep pedagogical expertise and expertise in state and national standards
• 2+ years classroom experience teaching middle school mathematics
• A focus on assessment as a positive experience integrated with learning
• Experience with collaborative work on time‑sensitive projects
• Interest in using new AI tools as assistants in content creation
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written), as well as an eye for detail
• A growth mindset that is curious and energized to innovate and create something new for our students
• A bias to action
• A passion for education and a desire to change the world
• Proven cross‑cultural competency skills demonstrating self‑awareness, awareness of others, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization
• You are motivated by the Khan Academy mission “to provide a free world‑class education for anyone, anywhere