Mission

EdReports.org is at the forefront of the curriculum reform movement. By increasing the capacity of educators to identify and demand the highest quality curriculum, EdReports.org is both disrupting a multibillion-dollar market and transforming the way students are taught and ultimately perform. With the firm belief that what is taught matters and that all students deserve high quality materials, EdReports.org publishes free, online, evidence-rich reviews of instructional materials. Explore our organization’s core competencies in greater detailhere.

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Purpose of Position

The Lead, Reviews will oversee and support the review of instructional materials within their designated content area, ensuring that reviews are evidence-rich, aligned to EdReports criteria, and meet the needs of educators and curriculum decision makers. The Lead, Reviews will collaborate with content teams and stakeholders to enhance review processes, provide expert guidance, and drive improvements in instruction across the nation.

Key Responsibilities & Outcomes

Responsibilities:

• Lead the review of content specific instructional materials, ensuring alignment to college and career-ready standards and EdReports high-quality, evidence-based criteria.
• Train and support educator-reviewers, ensuring consistent calibration across teams to produce reliable, evidence-rich reviews that meet EdReports’ quality benchmarks.
• Collaborate across the organization and with the field and external partners to update and refine the content specific review tools and processes based on research, feedback, and evolving educational trends, with a focus on improving instructional quality.
• Provide expert guidance and coaching to review teams, helping them navigate the review process and fostering consensus on key educational criteria.
• Engage with external stakeholders, publishers, to communicate the review process
• Serve as a thought leader in the ecosystem to explain EdReports tools and process and the results of EdReports content specific reviews for a variety of external audiences, including educators, districts, states, and partner nonprofits that use our resources to select curriculum.
• Other relevant duties as assigned to support the organization’s strategic goals, with the expectation that all EdReports employees remain flexible and adaptable to evolving responsibilities.

Outcomes:

• Successfully contribute to the completion reviews in line with 2026 goals and KPIs.
• Achieve 100% alignment in calibration checks across review teams by the end of each review cycle, ensuring that evidence and criteria are consistently applied.
• Implement three process improvements annually with a goal of reducing review cycle times while maintaining or increasing the quality of published reviews.
• Ensure that 100% of reviewers complete the required training and demonstrate proficiency, as measured through calibration activities and post-training assessments.
• Spend roughly 10% time engaging with the Brand Office to plan, share, and contribute to thought leadership ideas and initiatives, applying for and presenting at key events, and supporting partner organizations and funders to understand our review process and the outcomes of each completed review.
• Collaborate with colleagues to plan and contribute to cross-functional strategic and operational initiatives.

Travel

National travel will occur related to organizational needs and for professional learning, as needed. The amount of travel will be monitored to ensure it is appropriate for both the organization and the Lead, Reviews position.

Qualifications

Required:

• Passion for EdReportsmission and vision, ourcore values, and ourcommitment to Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity;
• Minimum of seven years of professional experience in education (in science);
• Minimum of five years of people and/or project management experience;
• Deep expertise in College and Career Ready Standards, science (inclusive of instructional shifts) and understanding current and emerging research about science learning;
• Understanding of K-12 science education political and policy landscape;
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple complex, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment;
• Exceptional written and spoken communication skills and interpersonal skills;
• Fluent in Google Suite/Analytics, MS Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.);
• College degree; and
• Residency in and authorization to work in the United States.

Preferred:

• Additional expertise in support of Multilingual Learners or …