Hiring: Freelance Math Assessment Writers

• You must have experience in writing test items (multiple choice and constructed response) for standardized tests
• You must also have experience with at least one of the following content areas:

• Teaching experience in the content areas listed above is a plus
• Thorough understanding of readability levels and ability to write leveled text
• Excellent writing skills and close attention to detail
• Ability to master complex project guidelines and style guide quickly
• Willingness to work in an online content management system

• Project starts September 1
• Deadlines will be tight (1–2 day turnaround time on assignments and revisions)
• Writers must be willing to adjust quickly to changing/evolving project guidelines
• Writers must communicate clearly and consistently with project manager and/or lead editor
• Writers will work from home

1. Resume: Make sure your resume highlights the item-writing projects you’ve worked on, specifying grade levels and disciplines when possible.

1. Item-Writing Test: See below.

• Your first three questions should be multiple choice. Your last two questions should be short answer (ask students to complete a sentence or solve a word problem and show their work).
• Base the three multiple-choice questions on the diagram below. The topics of the short-answer questions are up to you, but they should address a Mathematics Performance Standard the other questions do not address.
• Use text boxes to add units or labels to the diagram as you see fit. Note that, depending on the standard being tested, many questions do not demand units. If you do add units, use the same units for all the questions that pertain to the diagram. (In other words, create just one diagram, and write three questions about it.)
• Each question must correspond to one of the Grade 4 Georgia Mathematics Performance Standards, which you can find at http://www.georgiastandards.org/math.aspx. Before each question, please type the standard number in red. See sample below.
• Use a different standard for each question.
• Your questions should progress in level of difficulty, from easiest to hardest. Keep in mind that 4th grade students would take this test near the end of the school year.
• For multiple-choice questions, your answer choices should all be plausible.
• When answer choices are numbers, arrange them in ascending order, as in the example. When answer choices are words, give them parallel structure.
• Below each multiple-choice question, state the answer. Then provide 1–3 reasons (depending on the complexity of the question) why it is the correct answer or how students might have arrived at the incorrect answers. See sample below.
• Below your short-answer questions, provide a sample answer. No sample answer should be longer than 2–3 sentences, written in the voice of a fourth grader.
• Formatting: For multiple choice questions, precisely follow the format of the sample question below. Your short answer questions should follow the same format, minus the answer choices.
• Write your five questions right below the sample question and answer.

***If hired for the project): $10 for multiple-choice items; $15 for constructed response items

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