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.