Advanced Educational Evaluation Methods

Course Description

This course provides advanced training in applied evaluation by integrating rigorous qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods with culturally responsive evaluation practices. Students develop the skills necessary to design, implement, analyze, and communicate evaluations that are responsive to diverse cultural contexts, organizational environments, and stakeholder needs. Emphasis is placed on ethical practice, power dynamics, equity, and meaningful stakeholder collaboration across all phases of the evaluation process. Through sustained engagement in active evaluation projects with grants, organizations, or community and institutional partners, students apply evaluation theory to real-world contexts, gaining experience in data collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting. The course is aligned with professional evaluation skills, including those outlined by the American Evaluation Association (AEA), and prepares students to lead innovative, practical, and culturally attuned evaluations that support learning, improvement, and decision-making.

Code

EDP 682A

Credits

3

Subject

Educational Psychology