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Direct linkMovsisyan, Ani; Dennis, Jane; Rehfuess, Eva; Grant, Sean; Montgomery, Paul – Research Synthesis Methods, 2018
Introduction: Rating the quality of a body of evidence is an increasingly common component of research syntheses on intervention effectiveness. This study sought to identify and examine existing systems for rating the quality of a body of evidence on the effectiveness of health and social interventions. Methods: We used a multicomponent search…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Health Promotion
Fain, Terry; Turner, Susan; Ridgeway, Greg – RAND Corporation, 2009
This document is the second quarterly progress report for the evaluation of Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) programs for the Los Angeles County Probation Department. The report covers the period from July 1, 2008, through September 30, 2008. The intent of the report is to provide Probation and the community-based organizations (CBOs)…
Descriptors: Crime, Crime Prevention, Quality Control, Program Effectiveness
Maticka-Tyndale, Eleanor; Wildish, Janet; Gichuru, Mary – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2010
School-based programmes to combat the spread of HIV have been demonstrated to be effective over the short-term (i.e. 6-24 months), but few studies have addressed the sustainability of such interventions. Primary School Action for Better Health (PSABH) is an intervention delivered in upper primary-school grades in Kenya using regular classroom…
Descriptors: Intervention, Focus Groups, Outcomes of Education, Quality Control
McArthur, Genevieve – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2008
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) provides online reports to the public about the scientific evidence for educational interventions. The quality of these reports is important because they effectively tell the non-scientific community which programmes do and do not work. The aim of this brief review is to assess WWC's report on a clinically…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Quality Control, Clearinghouses, Intervention
Download full textCalifornia Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health Schools. – 1998
This packet introduces some concepts in evaluation and accountability for mental health professionals in schools. The first section presents two briefs from the Clearinghouse of the Center for Mental Health in Schools. The first, "Mental Health in Schools: Quality Control, Evaluating Outcomes, and Getting Credit for All You Do," highlights the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Educational Indicators, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedStelmachers, Zigfrids T.; And Others – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1978
Defines and describes different types of audits and areas of patient care which lend themselves to a quality of performance review. Describes an audit application at a hospital-based crisis intervention center and the corrective action taken on the basis of the findings. (Author)
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Health Services, Hospitals, Intervention
Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Jones, Debra Hughes; Rudo, Zena; Fitzgerald, Robert; Hartry, Ardice; Chambers, Bette; Smith, Dewi; Muller, Patricia; Moss, Marcey A. – SEDL, 2008
Recent evaluations and research syntheses of afterschool programs rated as high quality show they are associated with increases in student achievement and other positive socio-behavioral outcomes (Lauer et al., 2006; Vandell, Reisner, & Pierce, 2007). Those examinations provide a springboard for the next much-needed area of…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness
Turner, Susan; Fain, Terry; MacDonald, John; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2007
California counties receiving funds from Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) programs are required to report six outcome measures to the California State Legislature on an annual basis to measure the success of the program. These outcome measures are (1) successful completion of probation, (2) arrests, (3) probation violations, (4)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Crime, Crime Prevention, Program Implementation
Turner, Susan; Fain, Terry; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2007
This document summarizes a study relating to California counties receiving state funds for Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) programs. These counties are required to report six outcome measures to the California State Legislature on an annual basis to measure the success of the program. These outcome measures are (1) successful…
Descriptors: Intervention, Crime, Crime Prevention, Program Implementation
Turner, Susan; Fain, Terry; MacDonald, John; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2007
This document summarizes a report focusing on California counties receiving funds from Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) programs. These counties are required to report six outcome measures to the California State Legislature on an annual basis to measure the success of the program. These outcome measures are (1) successful completion…
Descriptors: Intervention, Crime, Crime Prevention, Program Implementation
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2002
Given the range of student learning, behavior, and emotional problems experienced each day by teachers and families, meeting the challenge of supplying appropriate support is complex. Efforts to do so may be handicapped by the way in which student support interventions currently are conceived, organized, and implemented. Student supports are…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Intervention, Educational Change, Accountability
Turner, Susan; Fain, Terry; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2005
This document summarizes a report focusing on California counties receiving funds from Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) programs. This effort was designed to provide a stable funding source to counties for juvenile programs that have been proven effective in curbing crime among at-risk and young offenders. The Board of Corrections…
Descriptors: Intervention, Crime, Crime Prevention, Program Implementation
Turner, Susan; Fain, Terry; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2005
In 2000, the California Legislature passed the Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act, which authorized funding for county juvenile justice programs and designated the Board of Corrections (BOC) as the administrator of funding. A 2001 Senate Bill extended the funding and changed the program's name to the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act…
Descriptors: Intervention, Crime, Crime Prevention, Program Implementation
