ES Scorer - Scoring Assistant- Exam Scorer

Job Description:

Job Description

We are the world’s learning company with more than 24,000 employees operating in 70 countries. We combine world-class educational content and assessment, powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized learning at scale. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people.

The Evaluation Systems group of Pearson offers dynamic teacher licensing and performance assessment solutions. Our custom teacher licensure testing programs are 100 percent aligned to state standards. We also provide a wide variety of teacher licensure testing services such as test development, administration, and scoring. We work in a collaborative environment and are passionate about education.

Scoring offers the opportunity to network with other professionals and stay abreast of the latest developments in your field. Scorers have a direct impact on the quality of the next generation of teachers and help to maintain professional standards. Scorers enjoy the change of pace, the mental challenge and the opportunity to give back to their educational field.

We have immediate openings for candidates to score exams in our Sacramento, California office.

Qualifications
Both active and recently retired educators may be eligible to score, provided they meet one of the following qualification goals.

A scorer must:

• hold either a Single Subject or Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and have at least three years of teaching experience within the last three years; OR
• be an instructor in a California institution of higher education who, in the last three years, has taught classes corresponding to the content field; OR
• hold a graduate degree in the content field; OR
• hold a bachelor's degree and have several years' professional experience in the content field; OR
• be or have been a teacher educator in a CTC-approved elementary subject matter preparation program; OR
• serve or have served as a CTC-approved member of an appropriate CSET test development and/or standard setting panel for the Multiple Subjects exam.

Key benefits

• Rate at $17.50/hour.
• Recently retired and current California educators, who meet the qualifications, are encouraged to apply.
• All work is conducted Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00am-4:00pm PST
• Sessions lasting 1-2 days in length; many offered on a bi-weekly or monthly basis.
• Training and review are part of every session.
• Flexibility to work scoring sessions which suit your availability.
• Flexibility to work scoring sessions which suit your availability.

Overall Responsibilities

• Evaluates responses of teacher candidates in California.
• Successfully internalizes training and scoring guide.
• Participate in discussions.
• Must be able to put aside personal biases and apply scoring guide according to rubric requirements.
• Meets quality and productivity requirements established for the scoring program.
• Engage with other scorers in consensus scoring activities.

Applicants should also…

• be a resident of California with eligibility to work in the United States.
• have basic computer skills (keyboard, mouse).
• have the ability to meet via online meetings using a personal computer with web camera, microphone, and speakers.
• have the ability to sit for extended periods of time.
• have the ability to maintain a confidential work environment.