Senior Assessment Editor (Social Studies)

​​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 educations and careers. We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome solutions.

We are seeking a highly-skilled, motivated, and passionate Senior Assessment Editor (Social Studies) to join our assessment content team. The ideal candidate will have extensive content knowledge in social studies domains, particularly US History, as well as 2+ years of experience in authoring and reviewing assessment items for a national provider or at the state level. As a Senior Assessment Editor, you will support the development of assessment products through the creation, review, and revision of test items and assessments built with these items.

What you will be doing:

• Work independently and collaboratively with assessment designers, writers, and copy editors to create, review, format, and revise test items based on alignment to state social studies standards and grade-level appropriateness.
• Review assessments for multiple grade levels and content areas across Social Studies.
• Align social studies items to state standards for multiple states.

What you will need to know/have:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in social studies education or related field.
• At least two years of experience developing student assessment content products (as a writer or editor), including item banks and standardized assessments, with an educational provider or at the state level.
• Mastery level understanding of social studies student curriculum expectations and state learning standards (expertise in U.S. History content good to have).
• Experience working within an assessment management system to author and edit tech-enhanced and traditional items.
• Critical thinker and problem solver who appropriately gives and receives constructive feedback.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain a strict code of integrity, confidentiality, and discretion.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and disciplined work style.