At end of program, the largest Too Good for Drugs effect was on teacher-rated prosocial behaviors (effect size 0.52), not statistically significant after WWC correction¶
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q3 i2 At end of program, teacher-rated prosocial behaviors favored the intervention group with an effect size of 0.52, not statistically significant as calculated by the WWC. → What Works Clearinghouse 2006
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What Works Clearinghouse 2006¶
What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. (2006). WWC Intervention Report: Too Good for Drugs. https://www.mendezfoundation.org
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End-of-program findings from the Bacon (2003) randomized controlled trial reported in Appendix A4.1: intervention mean 3.79 (0.87) versus comparison 3.37 (0.72), mean difference 0.42, effect size 0.52, improvement index +20, marked ns after WWC clustering correction. Personal and social skills (0.29) and inappropriate behaviors (0.16) showed smaller effects.
"Prosocial behaviors Grades 3–4 6/1,051 3.79 (0.87) 3.37 (0.72) 0.42 0.52 ns +20"
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Related Claims¶
- Too Good for Violence produces statistically significant positive effects on elementary students' behavior 20 weeks after the program ends — related
- Too Good for Drugs has potentially positive effects on student behavior, with a WWC-computed domain average effect size of 0.25 that is not statistically significant — a broader claim this one bears on
- Author-reported statistically significant program effects did not remain significant after WWC corrections for clustering and multiple comparisons — a broader claim this one bears on
- SWPBIS produces a very small improvement in teacher-rated prosocial behavior among elementary school children (ES = 0.17) — related
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At end of program, the largest Too Good for Drugs effect was on teacher-rated prosocial behaviors (effect size 0.52), not statistically significant after WWC correction |
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At end of program, the largest Too Good for Drugs effect was on teacher-rated prosocial behaviors (effect size 0.52), not statistically significant after WWC correction |
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