Doctor of Education - Assessment, Learning, and Student Success, School Improvement

Doctor of Education - Assessment, Learning, and Student Success, School Improvement

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. The K12 concentration offers research-based knowledge, analytical skills, and practical application to enhance student learning, increase assessment scores, and improve schools. This is not a program you learn about now and do someday; in the ALSS program's K-12 concentration, you will integrate your learning directly into your setting in a job-embedded professional development approach. Educators who want to make an immediate difference in the lives of K-12 students are attracted to the program and the opportunity to participate in projects that result in direct improvements. The cohort-based doctoral program provides a structured curriculum that considers that most students are employed during their studies.

Career path

The Ed.D. in Assessment, Learning, and Student Success is designed to meet a specific need to develop the capacity of existing Pre-K-12 school leaders (including teacher-leaders) and those in education-related careers to significantly improve student academic achievement and to meet increased accountability mandates. Program graduates may also find work in:, Higher education, Research, Educational policy, Governmental agencies, Not-for-profit and philanthropic organizations.