About Data Analysis, Assessment, & Research in Education MEd
Core Competencies
The core competencies for the MEd in Data Analysis, Assessment, & Research in Education include the ability to:
- Use and apply basic statistics
- Understand research methods used in quantitative research in education
- Understand the fundamentals of educational assessment development, both in large-scale contexts as well as at the classroom level
- Apply basic concepts of reliability and validity to educational assessments
- Understand how to choose appropriate assessment methods
- Understand how to administer, score, and interpret assessments
- Understand how to use assessment results to make decisions about students, curricula, or instruction
- Communicate assessment results and interpretation to a broad audience
- Recognize unethical, illegal, and inappropriate assessment methods and use of assessment information
- Understand how knowledge of assessment can be used to inform policy
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Contact
Please address specific inquiries about admission, financial support, and the program to Jennie Southgate, jsouthgate [at] educ [dot] umass [dot] edu (jsouthgate[at]educ[dot]umass[dot]edu).