Early Childhood Mathematics Assessment Specialist

Location: Fully Remote, USA. Must live and work within the USA.

Job Overview:

The Early Childhood Mathematics Assessment Specialist supports the development, review, and quality assurance of Mathematics assessment content for early childhood. This role requires deep expertise in early mathematics 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 mathematically sound, instructionally meaningful, and aligned to state standards and assessment frameworks.

Job Responsibilities:

Develop, review, and provide quality assurance for Mathematics 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, program managers, and clients throughout the assessment development lifecycle.

Ensure mathematical accuracy, developmental appropriateness, and cultural relevance of all assessment materials.

Job Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education.

At least five to eight (5-8) years of experience developing, reviewing, or supporting statewide or national educational assessments, with at least four (4) years of experience working in K–2 elementary, specifically early-childhood mathematics.

Awareness of early childhood formative products and experience in creating district-level mathematics assessments is beneficial.

Knowledge of and understanding of foundational learning progressions.

Demonstrated experience aligning instructional or assessment content to state standards and specific market or program requirements.

Data skills and attention to detail

Ability to identify problems and conceptualize solutions

Ability to prioritize to meet deadlines

Ability to provide sound content-based guidance to clients regarding their K-2 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, Mathematics, 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.

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.

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Remote First Work Environment

Our Remote First approach gives employees the flexibility and trust they need to effectively balance work with life. It creates a culture in which all employees are valued and where success is measured in results. It allows us to work collaboratively, inclusively and for greater positive impact, regardless of our individual locations.

If you will be working remotely, either occasionally or on a permanent basis, you must have a reliable internet connection through a cable or fiber-optic broadband service with minimum speeds of 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.

The successful candidate will be expected to actively participate in video-based interviews during the recru