Later-implementing PBIS schools showed the greatest organizational health improvements, while fast adopters started higher¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Schools that adopted PBIS fastest tended to have higher baseline organizational health, but later-implementing schools tended to improve the most after implementation. → Bradshaw 2009

Evidence¶

Bradshaw 2009¶

Bradshaw, C. P., Koth, C. W., Thornton, L. A., & Leaf, P. J. (2009). Altering School Climate through School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Findings from a Group-Randomized Effectiveness Trial. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-008-0114-9

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Baseline and change analyses from the 37-school trial found fast adopters had "higher levels of organizational health at baseline" while later implementers showed the greatest improvements. Both statements are hedged with "tended"; no effect size is printed.

"Trained schools that adopted PBIS the fastest tended to have higher levels of organizational health at baseline, but the later-implementing schools tended to experience the greatest improvements in organizational health after implementing PBIS"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The guide argues that overfocusing on intervention selection alone risks a 'magic bullet' view because average positive outcomes do not guarantee local success — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• Changes in school organizational health may be a contextual mediator of PBIS effects on student performance — related
• PBIS improves staff-reported overall school organizational health, resource influence, staff affiliation, and academic emphasis over a 5-year randomized trial — related
• PBIS effects on collegial leadership and institutional integrity were significant only when implementation fidelity was included in the model — related