Randomized Trial of the Positive Action Program in Chicago Schools and Extension to Grade 8
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Character, Violence, Substance Use, Pro-Social Behavior, Academic Achievement
In brief
This project focuses on social and character development of elementary and middle school-aged children and responds to an urgent national need that schools improve their capacity to address a range of student outcomes, including social skills, character, behavior, academic achievement and health outcomes. This study is a school-based randomized trial to evaluate the Positive Action program. The Positive Action program was designed to promote social and character development and improve behavior and school performance.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01025674
- Run by
- Oregon State University
- People needed
- 4230
- Starts
- 2004-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-04-22
Who can join
Age: 6 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Public elementary schools Pre-K or K through grade 5 or 6; Schools were included in the study if they:
- Are community-based (that is, not magnet, academy, special ed., etc.),
- Have at least 60 students and two classrooms of grades 2, 3, 4, and 5,
- Have no more than 100 students or 3 classrooms per grade level,
- Have annual mobility rates no greater than 30% (meaning that approximately 15% move out of the school and 15% more into the school each year),
- Have at least 50% of students eligible for free or reduced price lunch,
- Are relatively low performing on standardized tests,
- Have not used Positive Action program in the last decade,
- Are not doing another social/character program.
- All students in the study cohorts - those in grade 3 in 2004-05
- Exclusion Criteria: Reverse of inclusion criteria
Where it is running
- University of Illinois at Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Oregon State University — Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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