Senior Assessment Designer (Contract)

Instructure
North Carolina, North Carolina
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior assessment designers with deep K-12 subject expertise who thrive in collaborative, deadline-driven environments.

Best fit for

  • Former educators transitioning to assessment design roles
    — “former teaching experience is a plus but is not required
  • EdTech professionals with direct assessment system experience
    — “authoring tech-enhanced items directly in an assessment management system
  • Standards-aligned assessment specialists in core subjects
    — “Subject-matter expertise in ELA, math, science, or social studies

Things to consider

  • Background check is mandatory post-offer
    — “All Instructure employees are required to successfully pass a background check
  • Identity verification includes residential address validation
    — “verify their legal name, current physical location, and provide a valid contact number and residential address

How to stand out

  • Quantify your item development throughput in prior roles
    — “create, review, edit, and/or revise tests & items based on state standards
  • Showcase feedback skills with concrete item improvement examples
    — “Ability to provide constructive feedback regarding assessment items or design
  • Highlight blueprint execution in portfolio samples
    — “Execute against blueprints to develop well-rounded assessments
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • well-rounded assessments
  • customer satisfaction
  • timely delivery
Typical background
assessment writing experienceeducation background

Skills & requirements

Required

Assessment DesignTest Item CreationBlueprint ExecutionStandards AlignmentFeedback Provision

Preferred

Educational PublishingTeaching Experience

Stack & domain

Assessment DesignTest Item CreationAcademic StandardsTech-enhanced ItemsFeedback ProvisionCollaborationProfessional DevelopmentEducationK-12

About the role

Original posting from Instructure via Ashby

At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers.

We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. And that's where you come in:

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Responsibilities:

  • Work independently and collaboratively with the assessment design team to create, review, edit, and/or revise tests & items based on state standards and grade-level appropriateness to meet internal and external deadlines.
  • Execute against blueprints to develop well-rounded assessments to meet customer needs.

Requirements:

  • Strong professional assessment writing and/or editing experience - particularly experience authoring tech-enhanced items directly in an assessment management system
  • Strong understanding of what makes well-composed and balanced assessment items and forms.
  • Ability to write assessment items for students in K-12 grades with a strong understanding of Depth of Knowledge, rigor, differentiation, text complexity, and readability
  • Deep knowledge of academic standards and how to design strongly-aligned assessments
  • Ability to provide constructive feedback regarding assessment items or design
  • Subject-matter expertise in ELA, math, science, or social studies
  • Experience in education; former teaching experience is a plus but is not required
  • Experience working with educational publishers is a plus

We’ve always believed in hiring the most awesome people and treating them right. We know that the more diverse we are, the more diverse our ideas will be and when we openly welcome those ideas, our environment is better and our business is stronger.

At Instructure we participate in E-Verify and yes, in case you didn't catch it from the above, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All Instructure employees are required to successfully pass a background check upon being hired.

Get in on all the awesome at Instructure!

We offer competitive, meaningful benefits in every country where we operate. While they vary by location, here's a general idea of what you can expect:

  • Competitive compensation, plus all full-time employees participate in our ownership program - because everyone should have a stake in our success.
  • Flexible work culture. Our remote, hybrid and in-office collaboration spaces vary by role, team and location.
  • Generous time off, including local holidays and our annual “Dim the Lights” period in late December, when teams are encouraged to step back and recharge based on departmental needs.
  • Comprehensive wellness programs and mental health support
  • Learning and development resources, including professional development tools and tuition reimbursement, to support your growth
  • The technology and tools you need to do your best work
  • Motivosity employee recognition program
  • A culture rooted in inclusivity, support, and meaningful connection

We believe in hiring great people and treating them right. The more diverse we are, the better our ideas and outcomes.

Instructure is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We comply with applicable employment and anti-discrimination laws in every country where we operate.

All employees must pass a background check as part of the hiring process. To help protect our teams and systems, we’ve implemented identity verification measures. Candidates may be asked to verify their legal name, current physical location, and provide a valid contact number and residential address, in accordance with local data privacy laws.

Any attempt to misrepresent personal or professional information will result in disqualification.

Source: Instructure careers (Ashby)

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