SACD multiprogram evaluation of seven schoolwide programs¶

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Description¶

The multiprogram evaluation is the report's central artifact: a coordinated experimental evaluation of seven named SACD programs (4Rs, ABC, CSP, Love In a Big World, Positive Action, PATHS, and Second Step). The glossary defines it as "the evaluation of the impact of the seven SACD programs on students' social and character development," examining "the average impact of all seven SACD programs combined and the average impact of each SACD program individually."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Random assignment of schools within each program's site; each research team implements one program under an experimental design

Constraints¶

• Three research teams were led by and/or included personnel who had developed the intervention programs they evaluated, as disclosed in the report's conflicts-of-interest section

Target Learners¶

• elementary school children in participating schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• social and character development
• reduction of problem behavior

Related Elements¶

• Mpr Independent Impact Evaluation

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Social and Character Development Research Consortium (2010). Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children (NCER 2011-2001). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/efficacy-of-schoolwide-programs-to-promote-social-and-character-development-and-reduce-problem-behavior-in-elementary-school-children