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Preliminary Findings of Learning Gains for Adult Learners with Developmental Disabilities. Research Brief No. 6
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Posey, Virginia; Jacobsen, Jared – CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2007
Public perception of adults with developmental disabilities realizing learning gains often remains illusive. This paper highlights key findings in achievement in basic skills for adults with mental retardation on a functional assessment in a life skills context for three program years (2003-2006). In this study the time period between the pre- and…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities
Basic Life Skills: Results Manual. Package Nos. 12 through 17.
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Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1978
This test manual presents the full results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) survey of 1,300 17-year-old students on performance in five major basic life skills: (1) personal finance and consumer protection; (2) health maintenance; (3) interpersonal competence; (4) family responsibility; and (5) career development. In…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Consumer Protection, Daily Living Skills
Basic Life Skills. Technical Report. Report No. 08-BLS-21.
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1979
The 168 items selected for administration to 7,905 17-year olds in 1976-77, were developed from existing National Assessment items and from existing sets of life/coping skills. Skills designated as basic included: career development; citizenship; community resource utilization; consumer protection; family management; health maintenance; and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives