Positive Action: A Program to Improve Behavior and Academic Achievement in Elementary School Students
Intervention Details
Subject
Non-Academic AreaAcademic Program
General EducationDuration
Full school yearGrades
5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6Personnel
General Education Teacher
Intervention Summary
Positive Action is a curriculum that aims to improve student behavior and academic achievement by teaching positive actions and promoting a positive school climate. The program consists of a core curriculum and optional components, including site-wide climate development, drug education, conflict resolution, counselor, parent, and family classes, and community/coalition development. The curriculum is organized into six teaching units and a seventh review unit, with approximately 140 lessons per grade level in elementary school and 132 lessons per kit in high school. Teachers can implement the entire set of lessons or choose a partial implementation of at least 20 lessons per grade level. The program also includes various teaching aids, such as instructor's manuals, group materials, activity booklets, and posters.
Grades
5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6Personnel
General Education TeacherStatistical Finding Summary
Positive effect on behavior
Positive effect on academic achievement
Source
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2007). Positive Action (PA). Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/208.
Data Sample by Population
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The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.