Fast Track showed positive, statistically significant effects on some external behavior measures after one year, with no significant differences on eight other measures¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r3 · q4
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q4 i? Positive and statistically significant differences on Child Behavior Change (Parent and Teacher Rating) and TOCA-R Authority Acceptance Observer Rating; the HIWC Aggressive Retaliation effect was no longer significant after correcting for multiple comparisons; no significant differences on eight other external behavior measures; domain improvement index +4. → Fast Track: Elementary School 2014

Evidence¶

Fast Track: Elementary School 2014¶

Fast Track: Elementary School. (2014). WWC Intervention Report, U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/628

q4 · i? · causal · r3

From the WWC confirmation of the 1999a RCT findings in the external behavior domain after one year of implementation. Average improvement index +4 (range –4 to +14) for 860 students; measures with no significant difference included the CBCL Externalizing Scale, HIWC Hostile Attributions, Observed Acts of Aggression, PDR, Peer Nominations, TOCA-R Teacher Rating, and TRF Externalizing Scale. No standardized effect size is printed.

"The WWC found that the effect on the HIWC, Aggressive Retaliation measure was no longer statistically significant after correcting for multiple comparisons."

Discussion¶

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