header_graphic SDTLA
Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Assessment
by Roger B. Winston, Jr., Theodore K. Miller, and Diane L. Cooper
The overarching educational purpose of our collegesand universities should be to encourage and enable intentional developmental change in students. ~ Chickering and Havighurst
The purpose of the Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Assessment (SDTLA) is to provide an assessment tool and procedure that educational practitioners can use with young adult college students to facilitate development of life purpose, mature interpersonal relationships, and academic autonomy as well as the establishment of healthy lifestyles.

The assessment procedure is based on concepts and principles of human development, specifically that of developmental task achievement that typically occurs within the college setting. The developmental tasks with which the SDTLA is primarily concerned are most typical of college students between 17 and 24 years of age, though comparable task achievement has relevance for older students as well.


An online assessment tool for measuring college student psychosocial development.

  • based on Chickering's theory of student development

  • for developmental assessment of individuals or programs

  • students get their results online immediately upon completing the inventory

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