U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), 2007

• Academics +14 percentile points
• Behavior +19 percentile points

National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), 2008

• PA improves academic achievement.
• PA found effective for: violence, alcohol, tobacco, drug use, disciplinary referrals, suspensions, and school absenteeism.
• PA received a perfect score on its readiness for dissemination.

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Crime Solutions Resource Center Program, (2011)

• Effective Evidence-based Model for Programs and Practices in the fields of criminal justice, juvenile justice and crime victimization, under the Topics of:
  • Crime and Crime Prevention
  • Drugs and Substance Abuse
  • Juveniles

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Model Programs Guide and Database, (2002)

• Effective Program for prevention.
  • 2011 Update identified as having research indicating effectiveness specifically with bullying prevention.

OJJDP, Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Best Practices Database, (2008)

• Best Practice for reducing minority contact with law enforcement.
• PA Decreases:
  • Arrests (youth being apprehended, stopped, or otherwise contacts and suspected of having committed a delinquent act by law enforcement agencies).
  • Diversion (diversion population includes all youth referred for legal processing but handled without the filing of formal charges).

OJJDP, Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders Best Practices Database, (2008)

• Best Practice for prevention of Academic Problems/Failure, Aggression/Violence, ATOD/Underage Drinking, and Incorrigibility

U.S. Department of Education, Safe Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools (SDFS), (2001)

• Promising Program for the prevention of drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, and the prevention of violence and disruptive behavior.

Bullyinginfo.gov (Federal Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs), (2011)

• Evidence-based Program on Bullying: Met guidelines for having research indicating effectiveness specifically with bullying prevention.

Child Trends What Works

• LINKS (Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully), (2010)
• PA is recognized as a program that works to enhance children’s development.
• What Works for Acting-out (Externalizing) Behavior, (2011)
• “Found to Work.” Has positive and significant impacts on reducing acting-out or externalizing behavior under Aggression/Bullying Outcome.
• Evidence-based, Nonpunitive Alternatives to Zero Tolerance, (2011)
  • Effective alternative to prevent negative behaviors and promote positive youth development and skills to help students in the classroom and beyond.

Building Partnerships for Youth, National 4-H Council, and the University of Arizona, (2011)

• Model Program Curricula for promoting positive youth development.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)/Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), 2000

• Model Program for drug, alcohol, and tobacco use prevention.

Helping America’s Youth (HAY), 2003

• Effective for improving achievement scores, attendance, and self-concept; and for reducing drug use, violence, and other problem behaviors.

Character Education Partnership (CEP), What Works in Character Education, (2005)

• Evidence-based character education program that “not only addressed character development, but identified themselves explicitly as a character education program.”
• A research-driven guide for educators
• Strong evidence of support in: Risk Behaviors: Drug Use, Violence & Aggression, and General Misbehavior and School-Based Outcomes: School Behavior and Academic Achievement. 
• A report for policy makers and opinion leaders
  • “It lasts.” Evidence of sustained and even delayed effects of character education, and shows long-term effects of elementary school character education through middle school and/or high school.

National Character Education Resource Center (NCERC)/Dr. Marvin Berkowitz, Templeton Foundation, (2003)

• PA is recognized in the Resource Guide of Effective Character Education Programs for character education programs.

The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), (2003)

• Educational Leader’s Guide (PDF) to Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs. (March 2003)

U.S. Department of Education, Catalog of School Reform Models, (1999-2002)

• Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Models for improving academic achievement.

Channing Bete Company, Communities That Care Prevention Strategies: A Research Guide to What Works, (2004)

• Resource that identifies tested effective policies, programs, and actions that address risk and protective factors, in the Individual, School, Family and Community domains, identified through research.

National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), (2004)

• Promising Practice and is funded by the Department of Justice, online collection.

American Institute of Research (AIR), (1999)

• Effective Program for improving academic achievement and comprehensive school reform.

Education Commission of the States for Comprehensive School Reform (ECS), (1999)

• Comprehensive School Reform Program for improving academic achievement.

Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT), Best Practices Database

• Best Practice research-based proven effective program for schools, families, and communities that improves the academic achievement and multiple behaviors of children and adolescents.

National Dropout Prevention Center/Network, Clemson University, (2009)

• Model Program for dropout prevention with strong evidence of effectiveness.

Effective Service Systems LLC, Decision Support System for Youth Well Being, (2009)

• Intervention Program for influencing the prevalence of behaviors critical to adolescent well-being.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (2007)

• Evidence-based Family Skills Training Program.

National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention,(2007)

• Evidence-based Program for mental health promotion and youth violence prevention.

Mihalic and Aultman-Bettridge. “A Guide to Effective School-Based Prevention Programs.” In School Crime and Policing, edited by W.L.Turk. Upper Saddle Rive, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004.

• Favorable Program for prevention, including factors relevant for school safety and success, such as school disciplinary problems, suspensions, truancy, dropout, and academic achievement.

Blueprints for Violence Prevention, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder

• Inclusion in Matrix of Prevention Programs.

Arkansas Department of Education, (2008)

• Dropout Prevention Programs Database effective program

California Department of Education

• Student Assistance Programs, (2008)
• PA is only one of two programs to be able to reduce students’ behavioral and disciplinary violations and substance use habits while improving school attendance and academic performance.
• Getting Results:  Developing Safe and Healthy Kids
• Update 5, Student Health, Supportive Schools, and Academic Success (2005)
• Update 4, Violence Prevention and Safe Schools (2004)
• Update 2, Assessing the Effectiveness of classroom-based Prevention Programs (2001)
• California Healthy Kids Resource Center, (2003)
  • Research-validated Program for the Program Dissemination Center that shares information about programs that address alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and violence prevention.

Illinois Department of Human Services, Prevention First, (2007)

• Model Program that encourages Substance Abuse Prevention in the “Virtual Model Program Showcase.”

Illinois Center for Violence Prevention, “Peacing It Together: A Framework for Preventing Youth Violence and Curriculum Review Guide,” (2001)

• Significant Violence Prevention Program

Indiana Prevention Resource Center, "Across Our Desk to Yours," (2006)

• Evidence-based Program provider in Indiana.

Minnesota Smoking Prevention Program

• Science-based School Program focusing on preventing alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, and violence while focusing on youth development.

Nebraska Department of Education: Safe & Drug-Free Schools (SDFS), (2001)

• Promising Program

Nevada Drug, Alcohol and Child Abuse Prevention, Model Programs: Pathway to Effective Programs and Positive Outcomes

• Positive Program

New Jersey Character Education Partnership, (2000-2001)

• Program of Merit (PDF), programs for character development.

New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS)

• Model Program has solid proof that it has prevented or reduced substance abuse.

Ohio Resource Network, Parent Resource TOOLBOX

• Effective Evidence-based program in the engagement of parents under Building Partnerships with Parents.

Ohio State CLEX (Center for Learning Excellence), Evidence-based Program Database for Practitioners

• Evidence-based Program to change youth behaviors.

Tennessee Department of Education, SDFS

• PA is one of the programs to have the best chance of success in reducing or prevention substance use and violence.

Tucson Links (Arizona), (2002-2007)

• Evidence-based Program and Practice for substance abuse prevention as part of their Safe Schools Healthy Students Initiative.

Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation, (2002–present)

• A Compendium Program for Youth, for tobacco prevention.

University of Colorado at Boulder, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, (2004)

• Favorable Program (PDF) for violence prevention and school safety and success.

Brigham Young University Women’s Research Institute, "Preventing violence and teaching peace: A review of promising and effective antiviolence, conflict-resolution, and peace programs for elementary school children." Applied & Preventive Psychology, Vol. 10 (2001)

• Effective Antiviolence Program.

Nassau Community College, "Hate Crime Resource Guide"

• PA is an anti-bias resource for schools and youth.

Northeastern Illinois University (NIU), K–12 Real Life Issues Curriculum Infusion

• Model Program Incorporating Evidence-based Strategies.

School Success Profile, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Evidence-based, Multi-component, Best Practices Program.

International Safe Schools/World Health Organization (WHO)—Collaborating Centre of Community Safety Promotion, International Safe Schools Program, (2003)

• PA is listedin GROUP B of the U.S. Department of Education Safe and Drug Free School Exemplary and Promising Program List.

Parent’s Guide to Children’s Media, Inc.

• Outstanding Achievement in parenting materials. (page 24)