The Research Methods, Measurement, & Evaluation (RMME) program is proud to recognize three recipients of the 2023 RMME Book Award: Mackenzie Best, Taylor Maniglia, and Urszula Nita! Congratulations to each of you on this outstanding accomplishment!

Ashley Taconet, a graduate of RMME’s Graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation Program and a current doctoral student in Neag’s Educational Psychology department, earned one of five scholarships awarded to graduate students by the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division on Career Development and Transition in 2022. Ashley earned this award for the project entitled, “Examining Independent Living Skills and Economic Hardship for Youth with Disabilities Using Data from the NLTS2012”. See this announcement for more details.

Congratulations on this stellar accomplishment, Ashley!

 

Dr. Graham Rifenbark (an RMME alumnus), Dr. H. Jane Rogers (retired RMME faculty member), Dr. Hariharan Swaminathan (retired RMME faculty member), Ashley Taconet (RMME Program Evaluation Certificate graduate) and Shannon Langdon (RMME Program Evaluation Certificate graduate) contributed to a recently published article lead by Dr. Allison Lombardi, entitled: “Establishing Construct Validity of a Measure of Adolescent Perceptions of College and Career Readiness” in the journal, Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals. Congratulations to all of the authors of this new paper!

 

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to establish construct validity of a college and career readiness measure using a sample of youth with (n = 356) and without (n = 1,599) disabilities from five high schools across three U.S. states. We established content validity through expert item review, structural validity through initial field-testing, and convergent validity by correlating domain scores with school academic and behavioral data. A four-factor measurement model emerged representing the domains Ownership of Learning, Academic Engagement and Processes, Interpersonal Engagement, and Career Development. Domain scores were significantly correlated with achievement, college admission exam scores, and attendance. Implications for research and practice with an emphasis on transition service delivery via multi-tiered systems of support are discussed.

We, here at UConn’s RMME Programs, are thrilled to celebrate our newest alumni from the

• RMME Master’s degree program and
• RMME’s Graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation program

We cannot wait to see all of the amazing things you will accomplish, as you further your career with your your well-deserved, new credential(s). Congratulations, Shannon A., Shannon L., Ashley, Sierra, and Amelia!!! We are so proud of you!!