The NADE Certification Council exists to improve and enhance the success of students at all levels of academic preparation, as well as to facilitate the professional growth of developmental educators by setting standards of best practice, emphasizing the use of theory to inform practice, and promoting effective evaluation and quality research in developmental education and learning assistance programs.

Goals

1. To promote quality program practices through professional standards and evaluation
2. To advance research and evaluation in the field
3. To create processes by which programs and services use self-study and evaluation to improve and enhance student success
4. To contribute to the broader integration of theory and research with practice in the field
5. To provide access to quality program models
6. To acknowledge and validate programs that meet or exceed standards of best practice

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