Educational Assessment Online Certificate

The Educational Assessment online graduate certificate is designed to provide immediately applicable concepts, skills and methods in educational assessment.

During the courses, you will learn to:

• Implement assessment and evaluation to impact practices in classroom, school, and district level.
• Analyze, evaluate, and improve a variety of assessments.
• Locate, analyze, interpret, and use multiple data sources to make data-evidenced decisions.
• Use protocols/techniques for analyzing and interpreting assessment results.
• Understand and gather evidence for assessment practices in teacher evaluation instruments.
• Communicate assessment results and practices with parents and other stakeholders.
• Understand of the history and political aspects of assessment.
• Engage in ethical assessment practices.

Flexible format to fit into your busy life:

• Three courses; 9 graduate credits
• Fully online delivery format
• Earn the certificate within one year

Ideal candidates for the Educational Assessment Program include prospective and current K-12 teachers and school administrators, school counselors, and assessment coordinators in higher education.

In order to be considered for admission into the program please submit:

• An application
• Transcript: One from each college attended. Official copies of the academic transcript from each college and/or university attended, documenting an earned undergraduate degree. Electronic transcripts are recommended to expedite the application process. You can often request this directly from your institution or by using electronic processing through sites such as the National Student Clearinghouse.
• International Applicants
• Application Deadline: Rolling Admission; Start in Fall, Spring, or Summer.