Content Specialist II, ELA​/Alternate Assessment

Content Specialist II, ELA/Alternate Assessment

Active
- Regular full-time

Mid
- Sr Level

Alpharetta, GA, US

+2

$70,000.00 To $80,000.00 Annually

Please Note:

This position is contingent upon the successful award of a new solution proposal. An award decision is expected in the early fall 2026 timeframe with a start date to be determined shortly thereafter. This will be a remote position.

Education is ever-evolving. And so are we.

We seek passionate people from diverse backgrounds who are committed to helping improve the work of schools as a trusted partner in advancing learning. By joining the Cognia team, you will be immersed in a community of energetic and resourceful people dedicated to a common vision to impact and inspire education providers to advance and enable pathways of success for all learners.

At Cognia we have developed a holistic approach to education that empowers schools to create real outcomes and optimize learning for students of all backgrounds. Serving over 40,000 institutions from early learning through high school in more than 100 countries and territories, Cognia brings universally recognized perspective to advancing teaching and learning. When you join Cognia, you join a team of experts passionate about our mission and embracing our core values in everything we do.

The Content Specialist II is responsible for the test development activities for one or more assessment programs or projects. These assessment programs or projects may be traditional large-scale summative assessments (for general education or alternate assessment), curriculum-embedded and formative assessments, content or item specifications, enterprise products or project work often related to research or expanding the use of technology in assessments.

The Content Specialist II may also be required to function as the lead developer for one or more programs or projects, coordinating content development efforts for the assigned work. The Content Specialist II also serves as lead developer, demonstrating project management and time management skills, the ability to work independently, and the ability to train and coordinate internal and external team members, including freelancers, consultants and item writing houses.

• 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.
• Work with project managers to coordinate schedules and communicate project details with other functional groups such as Graphics, Publications, etc.
• Simultaneously work in different schedule modes (e.g., fast start-up and turnaround projects with more stable, long-term contracts).
• Develop a variety of assessment item types according to standards frameworks and other requirements.
• Develop and refine item specification documents, test or product blueprints, and supplementary materials, as well as facilitate advisory committee meetings.
• Develop and maintain item, test, and project specifications needed to complete a project or contract.
• Create and refine a wide variety of items types, including multiple-choice, short-answer, constructed-response, and evidence-based response items, as well as technology-enhanced items, modules, and performance tasks, aligned to standards.
• Develop item-specific scoring guides, distractor rationales, or other supplemental item information.
• 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…