[Hiring] Early Childhood Literacy Assessment Specialist @Cambium Learning Group

Role Description

The Early Childhood Literacy Assessment Specialist supports the development, review, and quality assurance of English-language literacy assessment content for grades K–2. This role requires deep expertise in early literacy development, as well as experience with large-scale educational assessments. The specialist collaborates cross-functionally with content developers, psychometricians, and program teams to ensure assessments are linguistically sound, instructionally meaningful, and aligned to state standards and assessment frameworks.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and provide quality assurance for English-language K–2 literacy assessment items aligned to approved item and test specifications.
• Support the development and refinement of item specifications, scoring rubrics, scoring guides, and assessment frameworks.
• Review and apply state educational standards and content requirements to ensure valid and reliable assessment alignment.
• Review and interpret disaggregated student performance data to inform content decisions and learning standards frameworks.
• Collaborate closely with item writers, consultants, editors, psychometricians, and program managers throughout the assessment development lifecycle.
• Ensure linguistic accuracy and developmental appropriateness of all English-language K-2 assessment materials.
• Apply knowledge of literacy development and language acquisition to support equitable assessment design for diverse learners.

Qualifications

• At least four (4) years of experience working in K–2 elementary literacy.
• Bachelor’s degree in Education, specifically early childhood education.
• Exceptional knowledge of linguistics, including grammar, orthography, syntax, and their role in literacy development.
• At least five to eight (5-8) years of experience developing, reviewing, or supporting statewide or national educational assessments.
• Awareness of early childhood formative products and experience in creating district-level ELA/Reading assessments is beneficial.
• Demonstrated experience aligning instructional or assessment content to state standards and specific market or program requirements.
• Analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to identify problems and conceptualize solutions.
• Ability to prioritize to meet deadlines.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to provide sound content-based guidance to clients regarding their K2 Literacy product.
• Skilled at collaboration.
• Required travel for this position ranges from 1 week to a total of 8 weeks per year.
• Candidates should be able to travel from 2-5 days at a time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Education, Linguistics, Assessment, or a related field.
• Experience in educational publishing, curriculum development, or large-scale assessment programs.
• Experience working with digital assessment platforms and collaborative, technology-enabled authoring environments.
• Understanding of assessment validity, reliability, and accessibility considerations for early learners.

Work Environment & Collaboration

This role operates in a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment and may involve working with geographically distributed teams. Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams are essential.

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, religion, sex, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.