Assessment, Learning, and Student Success: School Improvement Concentration, Ed.D.

Program Overview

The Ed.D. in Assessment, Learning, and Student Success is a doctoral program that provides research-based knowledge and practical skills to enhance student learning, improve assessment scores, and advance schools. With concentrations in School Improvement and Higher Education, the program prepares educational leaders to meet accountability mandates and significantly improve student academic achievement. The cohort-based program features a structured curriculum and ongoing support for students as they complete their doctoral dissertations.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Overview:

The Ed.D. in Assessment, Learning, and Student Success is a doctoral program capitalizing on faculty expertise in the College of Education and across the University. The program provides a structured curriculum with early development and ongoing support for students as they work to complete their doctoral dissertations. The Ed.D. in Assessment, Learning, and Student Success has two concentrations: School Improvement and Higher Education.

Objectives:

• Provide research-based knowledge, analytical skills, and practical application to enhance student learning, increase assessment scores, and improve schools.
• Meet a specific need to develop the capacity of PreK-12 school leaders (including teacher-leaders and education leaders across the range of policy and non-profit agencies),
• Significantly improve student academic achievement, and
• Meet increased accountability mandates.

Outline:

Content:

• Assessment
• Learning
• Student Success

Structure:

• Cohort-based doctoral program

Faculty:

• Dr. Kevin Scott Krahenbuhl, Director
• Dr. John Lando Carter, Associate Professor
• Dr. Heather Kaye Dillard, Associate Professor
• Dr. Kim Evert, Assistant Professor
• Dr. Stacy Fields, Assistant Professor
• Dr. Angela G. Hooser, Assistant Professor

Unique Approaches:

• Job-embedded professional development approach

Careers:

• Educational leaders
• Higher education
• Research
• Educational policy
• Governmental agencies
• Not-for-profit and philanthropic organizations
• Professional development consulting