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Saxon, D. Patrick; Morante, Edward A. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2021
Recent research on entering college student assessment instruments and placement practices has been critical. Critics suggest that commonly used assessment instruments are inaccurate, misused, and lack predictive validity. This article describes valid criticisms and appropriate uses of assessment instruments. It also lists challenges and provides…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Student Placement, College Students, Evaluation Methods
McGarrah, Michael W. – College and Career Readiness and Success Center, 2015
Lifelong Learning Skills (LLS) provide the foundation for learning and working. They broadly support student thinking, self-management, and social interaction, enabling the pursuit of education and career goals. Collectively, LLS are the means by which students master academic content and translate knowledge into action. There is a growing…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Daily Living Skills, Career Readiness, College Readiness
Preuss, Michael – NADE Digest, 2010
The use of student evaluation of instruction (SEI) is common place in American higher education. However, there is an open and continuing debate regarding SEI, its reliability and its validity. It is important for developmental educators to be aware of the concerns that exist regarding SEI in order for them to make wise decisions regarding the use…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Developmental Programs, Higher Education, Reliability
Pireh, Diane Flanegan – NADE Digest, 2014
This article presents strategies for using two types of essay-writing rubrics in a developmental English class of students transitioning into college-level writing. One checklist rubric is student-facing, designed to serve as a guide for students throughout the writing process and as a self-assessment tool. The other checklist rubric is…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing Assignments, Scoring Rubrics, Developmental Studies Programs
Griffee, Dale T. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2004
The purpose of this article is to discuss the problem of illusion in research, especially in program evaluation. Currently, there are multiple research traditions in program evaluation. Nevertheless, all research orientations are concerned with the role of researchers, for example, how they interpret their data and what evidence they offer for…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Program Evaluation, Evaluators, Educational Research
Baber, Lorenzo D.; Castro, Erin L.; Bragg, Debra D. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2010
The purpose of this brief is to understand the Illinois College and Career Readiness (CCR) Act in light of David Conley's college readiness model. Although not mentioned specifically by the Illinois statute, evaluation results gathered by the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) show alignment between a number of programs…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Evaluation Methods, School Readiness, Readiness
Suen, Hoi – Journal of Developmental and Remedial Education, 1979
Describes an inductive approach to the evaluation of developmental studies programs using multiple regression analysis to explore variables that contribute to program success. (DR)
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Multiple Regression Analysis
Meadows, Mark E.; Higgins, Earl B. – 1975
An experience involving graduate students enrolled in a student development preparation program in the direct assessment of undergraduate students' psychological development is described. Two views of student development found in the literature are presented and results of assessment procedures are presented along these lines. Generally, data…
Descriptors: College Students, Counselor Training, Developmental Programs, Educational Programs

McCoy, Palmer E.; Jones, Eleanor – 1976
Nineteen Wisconsin counties were the site of the four-year Rural Development Demonstration Project, one of five such projects in the nation. Among the project's objectives were to accelerate sound economic, social, cultural and environmental development and to provide alternatives for living in non-metropolitan areas while providing greater…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Development, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs

Lee, Rebecca A.; Shute, J. C. M. – Evaluation Review, 1991
A naturalistic approach to evaluation is illustrated through the description of the evaluation of a small-scale agricultural project in a village in Mali, West Africa. The evaluation considered program impact as well as the quality of the conclusions drawn using the illuminative model of evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: African Culture, Agriculture, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs
Greenspan, Stanley I.; Wieder, Serena – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1999
This article describes a dynamic, developmental model to be used to guide assessment and intervention in children with autism. The Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Based model conceptualizes the child's functional emotional developmental capacities, individual differences in sensory processing and modulation, motor planning and…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Children

Bricker, Diane; Gumerlock, Sarah – Journal of Special Education, 1988
A comprehensive three-level program evaluation plan assesses overall impact of early intervention programs through assessment of children's progress toward developmental milestones; quarterly child progress through administration of a program-relevant, criterion-referenced tool; and weekly child progress toward specific instructional objectives by…
Descriptors: Child Development, Criterion Referenced Tests, Developmental Programs, Developmental Tasks
Kasden, Lawrence N., Ed.; Hoeber, Daniel R., Ed. – 1980
The 12 essays in this collection address the concerns of basic writing teachers and those who teach basic writing teachers. The first essay discusses the characteristics of the low achieving college students who require basic writing instruction and argues for basic writing courses that are based upon a thorough understanding of students' nature…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Research, English Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods
Duranczyk, Irene Mary – NADE Digest, 2007
This article is designed to present an overview of critical theory, research, and evaluation for the developmental mathematics educator. Students caught in the gap between high school mathematics preparation and entry-level college mathematics expectations--developmental mathematics education students--need to have their personal narratives told…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Developmental Studies Programs
Arendale, David – NADE Digest, 2005
Many developmental educators have been assigned increased responsibilities for campus-wide enrollment management activities. A new system is needed for educators to more accurately sort through the rapidly growing database of information related to student retention. This will enable the reader to more quickly identify promising practices for…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Academic Persistence, Enrollment Management, Intervention
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