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Master of Applied
Science in Assessment: Writing Option
Careers
What are the career
opportunities with this degree?
With a Master of Applied Science in Assessment – Learning
Improvement Option degree you will be prepared to fulfill
leadership roles as a literacy educator: master classroom
teacher, instructional coach, college writing instructor and
assessment coordinator, discipline chair, district assessment
director, and/or community literacy program director. The
degree will also provide a strong foundation for a career as a
school principal or superintendent.
Is there a high demand
for this field? Every facet of American organization
is coming to the conclusion that data-driven management provides
decision-makers with the tools and insights needed to gather and
interpret appropriate data for use in the decision making processes.
For areas of business, the bottom line is increased profit. For
education, the bottom line is increased student learning. High
levels of accountability for student learning bring high demands for
maximizing time and resources to achieve target performances through
data. No Child Left Behind
and other initiatives have created a high demand for
teachers who can make a difference in the classroom and who can
document and share their results. This is a trend that will only
continue due to the increasing support of technology.
Additionally, a nationwide renewed emphasis on writing
performance as a measure of student learning has resulted in a
strong need for educators—in all subject areas and grade levels—to
not only have the ability to teach writing effectively, but to also
know how to best evaluate students’ writings and to assess the
overall effectiveness of their literacy programs. |
