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Magiati, I.; Moss, J.; Yates, R.; Charman, T.; Howlin, P. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: There are few well validated brief measures that can be used to assess the general progress of young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) over time. In the present study, the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) was used as part of a comprehensive assessment battery to monitor the progress of 22 school-aged children…
Descriptors: Evidence, Check Lists, Intervention, Autism
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Seifert, Tricia A.; Blaich, Charles – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2010
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), one of the most widely used annual surveys of undergraduates in the country, is specifically designed to assess the extent to which college students are engaged in empirically vetted good practices in undergraduate education. One of the major assumptions of the NSSE is that in measuring the extent…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Predictive Validity
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Leithwood, Kenneth; Jantzi, Doris; McElheron-Hopkins, Charryn – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2006
This multimethod study generated and tested a "best evidence" model of school improvement processes (SIP) capable of improving student achievement. Initially developed through the review of a comprehensive body of previous empirical research, the model was further refined through a 2, 5-year longitudinal study in 10 schools. A quantitative test of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Convergent Thinking