Reporting Norm-Referenced Program Evaluation Data: Some Considerations
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the Division for Early Childhood
- Vol. 11 (3) , 254-264
- https://doi.org/10.1177/105381518701100308
Abstract
Most early intervention program evaluation plans today include some type of pre/posttest design using one or more norm-referenced instruments. A common objective is to document the beneficial impact of a program on the performance of participating children. This article reviews the ways in which norm-referenced DA and DQ evaluation data are currently reported and notes disadvantages associated with each. The concept of intervention DQ, in contrast with Pretest DQ, is proposed as a valid and meaningful way to report this type of evaluation data to broad audiences.Keywords
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