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Tein, Jenn-Yun; Wang, Frances L.; Oro, Veronica; Kim, Hanjoe; Shaw, Daniel; Wilson, Melvin; Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn – Developmental Psychology, 2023
This study is a secondary data analysis that extends knowledge about the effects of the early childhood Family Check-Up (FCU) intervention to trajectories of general psychopathology problems (p factor) across early and middle childhood, and effects on adolescent psychopathology and polydrug use. The Early Steps Multisite study (ClinicalTrials.gov…
Descriptors: Young Children, Children, Adolescents, Psychopathology
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
Although Oregon has made recent gains in its overall high school graduation rate, 21 percent of public school students entering grade 9 in 2014 did not graduate within four years, by 2018. To improve graduation rates, Oregon voters approved Ballot Measure 98 in 2016 to fund dropout prevention and college and career readiness initiatives in high…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Identification, Early Intervention, Graduation Rate
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
The "First-Year Effects of Early Indicator and Intervention Systems in Oregon" study provides information to the Oregon Department of Education and Oregon districts that are adopting or considering adopting an early indicator and intervention system (EIIS), as well as to other interested state and district education leaders who are…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Identification, Early Intervention, Graduation Rate
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Sepanik, Susan; Zhu, Pei; Shih, Miki Bairstow; Commins, Nicholas – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
Although Oregon has made recent gains in its overall high school graduation rate, 21?percent of public school students entering grade?9 in 2014 did not graduate within four years, by 2018. To improve graduation rates, Oregon voters approved Ballot Measure 98 in 2016 to fund dropout prevention and college and career readiness initiatives in high…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Identification, Early Intervention, Graduation Rate
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2020
Reflecting an overall policy shift in Oregon and nationwide, Oregon passed laws in 2013 and 2015 aimed at changing the way school discipline is applied in grades K-12. The 2013 legislation directed districts to replace zero-tolerance policies with an emphasis on preventing and reducing unnecessary student suspensions and expulsions. Suspensions…
Descriptors: State Policy, Discipline Policy, School Policy, Prevention
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Nishioka, Vicki; Stevens, David; Deutschlander, Denise; Burke, Arthur; Merrill, Becca; Aylward, Alex – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2020
In 2013 and 2015 Oregon enacted legislation that shifted school discipline policies from a zero-tolerance approach to one that emphasizes preventing behavioral problems and reducing unnecessary suspensions and expulsions. Suspensions and expulsions are often referred to as exclusionary discipline because they remove students from classroom…
Descriptors: State Policy, Discipline Policy, School Policy, Prevention
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2020
This is the appendixes for the report, "Are State Policy Reforms in Oregon Associated with Fewer School Suspensions and Expulsions?" This study examined the association between state-level policy reforms and suspension and expulsion rates for grades K-12 in Oregon public schools. The findings suggest that the policy shift has led to some…
Descriptors: State Policy, Discipline Policy, School Policy, Prevention
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McWhirter, Ellen Hawley; Rojas-Araúz, Bryan O.; Ortega, Robert; Combs, Darien; Cendejas, Christina; McWhirter, Benedict T. – Journal of Career Development, 2019
This article describes the rationale, development, delivery, and evaluation strategy of a pilot career intervention program for immigrant Latina/o high school students: Advocating for Latina/o Achievement in School. This innovative intervention aims to prevent dropout and to promote academic success and college and career readiness through a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Career Development, Hispanic American Students, High School Students
Stormshak, Elizabeth A.; Seeley, John R.; Caruthers, Allison S.; Cardenas, Lucia; Moore, Kevin J.; Tyler, Milagra S.; Fleming, Christopher M.; Gau, Jeff; Danaher, Brian – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study evaluated the efficacy of a family-centered preventive intervention, the Family Check-Up (FCU), delivered as an online, eHealth model to middle school families. To increase accessibility of family-centered prevention in schools, we adapted the evidence-based FCU to an online format, with the goal of providing a model of service delivery…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Family Programs
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Nelson, Nancy J.; Smith, Jean Louise M.; Fien, Hank; Crone, Deanne A.; Baker, Scott K.; Kame'enui, Edward J. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2016
The purpose of this article is to describe a multicomponent intervention developed and implemented by a consortium of districts in the Pacific Northwest through a researcher-practitioner partnership and the process used for collaboration. The intervention was designed to increase reading proficiency and school engagement for struggling readers in…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Educational Cooperation, School Districts, Middle Schools
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Shegog, Ross; Rushing, Stephanie Craig; Jessen, Cornelia; Lane, Travis L.; Gorman, Gwenda; Gaston, Amanda; Revels, Taija Koogei; Torres, Jennifer; Williamson, Jennifer; Baumler, Elizabeth; Addy, Robert C.; Peskin, Melissa F.; Tortolero, Susan R.; Markham, Christine M. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2017
Background: Few HIV/STI and pregnancy prevention programs for youth in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities have been rigorously evaluated despite sexual health disparities in this population. This study reports the evaluation of a culturally adapted Internet-based HIV/STI and pregnancy prevention program for AI/AN youth, Native…
Descriptors: Prevention, Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Self Efficacy
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Rheingold, Alyssa A.; Zajac, Kristyn; Patton, Meghan – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2012
Recent prevention research has established the efficacy of some child sexual abuse prevention programs targeting adults; however, less is known about the feasibility of implementing such programs. The current study examines the feasibility and acceptability of a child sexual abuse prevention program for child care professionals provided in two…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Prevention, Child Care
Marsh, Shannon – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2010
Concerned about the persistently high dropout rates from big-city secondary schools, education leaders are trying a new approach to increasing the graduation rate--multiple pathways to graduation. Multiple pathways initiatives are relatively new and far from proven. Even the most advanced examples face significant issues, i.e., the need to…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Dropout Prevention
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Arthur, Michael W.; Hawkins, J. David; Brown, Eric C.; Briney, John S.; Oesterle, Sabrina; Abbott, Robert D. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
Although advances in prevention science over the past two decades have produced a growing list of tested and effective programs and policies for preventing adolescent delinquency and drug use, widespread dissemination and high-quality implementation of effective programs and policies in communities has not been achieved. The Community Youth…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Drug Use, Comparative Analysis
Barton William H.; Butts, Jeffrey A. – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2008
This report describes the results of an exploratory study of juvenile justice programs where managers and practitioners are attempting to build youth interventions with strength-based, positive youth development principles. Previous researchers have not adequately documented how such reforms take place, let alone whether they produce effective…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Juvenile Justice, Youth Programs, Program Effectiveness
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