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Associate, Scoring Services at Pearson Education
JOB DESCRIPTION
ES Oklahoma Scoring Assistant
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 Oklahoma exams remotely for our Sacramento, California office.
Key benefits
- Rate at $17.50/hour.
- Recently retired and current educators, who meet the qualifications, are encouraged to apply.
- All work is conducted Monday through Friday between 8:00am-4:00pm PST.
- Sessions last 1 day and occur 5 times a year.
- Training and review are part of every session.
- Flexibility to work scoring sessions which suit your availability.
Overall responsibilities
- Evaluates responses of teacher candidates.
- 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 Oklahoma or 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.
Note: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.