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Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation (POME)
Strident debates persist over how to lift our schools--often with too few education leaders who draw on leadership skills and a keen knowledge of research on what works. The next generation of education leaders must grasp the philosophical quandaries over what children should learn and how to organize schools in motivating ways. These leaders must have the basic analytic skills to distinguish ideological from empirical questions, as well as research methods sufficient to grasp the scientific literature on school effectiveness. Potent leaders must also understand the politics in which reform debates thrive, from how neighborhood activists advance change to the aims of policy makers.
Central to our efforts is the commitment to help good schooling become a reality. Good schools are created when leaders, professionals, and community members develop their educational and human potential in conducive organizational settings, and when policies are designed to counteract structural inequality. Good schools strive toward deep understanding, high performance, and educational justice. They develop within broader economic, political, institutional, and societal contexts that foster life chances, equal opportunity, and democratic participation for the nation's great diversity of students.
Programs in Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation (POME) foster rigorous research to understand the complexity of the educational system and to design practical applications that are effective, technically sophisticated, and morally sound. Three advanced degree programs are designed to provide students with the knowledge and experience to make important contributions to educational research, policy, and practice:
Policy and Organizations Research
Quantitative Methods and Evaluation
Program Evaluation and Assessment
POME also offers a professional program leading to a Tier I Administrative Services Credential and a master’s degree:
Principal Leadership Institute
Our programs offer students the tools to
- Understand how history, social structure, organizations, and cultures shape actions in schools and school systems;
- Examine the goals and values that guide educational research, teaching, school improvement, and policy;
- Engage in studies and initiatives to improve educational policies and practices;
- Apply methods of gathering and analyzing evidence appropriate to the multiple levels and complex realities of schooling, and develop new methods as needed.
Our approach to graduate study merges a cohort model with formal coursework, one-on-one faculty advising, participation in research groups, and a wide range of research apprenticeships.
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