Also called: Assessment Developer, Psychometric Content Specialist
Writes and reviews the questions that appear on standardized tests like the SAT and state exams.
You write a tricky but fair geometry question, check every wrong answer choice, and review how students actually did on trial versions. Many item writers work from home as contractors.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in math or education; often teaching experience.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Mathematics, Mathematics Education.
Growing slowly. BLS does not project this specialty separately; rating estimated from related occupations.
High risk for 10 years. AI now writes and checks test questions in bulk; contract item-writing work is shrinking fast.
Classes: AP Calculus, English composition, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-9031.
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