Too Good for Drugs and Violence

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Evidence · 5 claims (3 for, 1 mixed, 1 against) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 5 claims rest on one study

Description

A school-based character education curriculum developed by the Mendez Foundation for promoting prosocial skills, positive character traits, and drug- and violence-free norms among students.

Components

• Too Good for Drugs and Violence high school curriculum: 14 core lessons plus 12 infusion lessons with role-play and cooperative learning: Too Good for Drugs and Violence is a school-based character education curriculum designed to promote high school students' prosocial skills, positive character traits, and violence- and drug-free norms. It consists of "14 core lessons and an additional 12 lessons that can be infused into other subject areas". Lessons are scripted and combine normative information with life skills development, using "role-play and cooperative learning activities" to encourage applying skills to different contexts. Developer materials include grade-level kits, student workbooks, parent newsletters, and a staff development curriculum. (What Works Clearinghouse (2006))

Claims

• Effects on behavioral intentions for marijuana use and fighting were not statistically significant in either study [-W]
• The WWC rated Too Good for Drugs and Violence as having positive effects on knowledge, attitudes, and values, with a cross-study domain-average effect size of 0.42 [+W]
• In a quasi-experimental study, Too Good for Drugs and Violence produced statistically significant effects on attitudes toward violence, emotional competence, social and resistance skills, and goals and decisionmaking [+W]
• In the RCT, the average effect across knowledge, attitudes, and values outcomes was substantively important (0.35) but not statistically significant, with several individual outcomes null [~W]
• In a randomized controlled trial, Too Good for Drugs and Violence produced statistically significant gains in perceptions of social and resistance skills and emotional competence [+W]

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Key Sources

• What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. (2006). WWC Intervention Report: Too Good for Drugs and Violence. https://www.mendezfoundation.org

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title	Too Good for Drugs and Violence
description	A school-based character education curriculum developed by the Mendez Foundation for promoting prosocial skills, positive character traits, and drug- and violence-free norms among students.
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