Applied Causal Evaluation of Policy and Innovation Graduate Certificate

Program Overview

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College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

Education Innovation Institute 

This 12-credit fully online program will provide those earning the certificate with the information and skills necessary to manage high quality evaluations of programs and policies in their own professional context. Through a series of 1- and 2-credit online courses, recipients will be able to: (1) deduce appropriate lessons from existing applied education research to inform practice in their local context; (2) identify key design elements of a low-cost, rigorous causal evaluation; (3) interpret findings and match communication strategies to the appropriate audiences; and (4) apply local evaluation findings to inform continuous learning and strategic investments.

Admission

General Graduate Certificate Admission Requirements

Certificate Requirements — 12 Credits

Elective Credits — 2 Hours

EII 608	Ethical Data Management and Analysis II	2
EII 612	Data Visualization for Educators	1
EII 613	Research-Practitioner Partnerships	1
EII 615	Application of Cost Analyses to Decision-Making	2

Required Credits — 10 Hours

EII 604	Introduction to Applied Causal Evaluation of Policy and Innovation	1
EII 606	Methods in Causal Evaluation	2
EII 607	Ethical Data Management and Analysis I	2
EII 609	Defining Interventions and Using Logic Models	1
EII 610	Randomized Control Trials in Schools	2
EII 611	Process Evaluation	1
EII 614	Introduction to Cost Studies	1

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