4 Reasons to Use Positive Action
for Your Title I Goals
Positive Action is the perfect tool for meeting all your Title I goals. Here are the top four reasons schools across the nation use Positive Action as an essential part of their Title I programs.
1. Evidence-based and Federally Recognized
Positive Action teaches a unique combination of academic, behavioral, and social skills that has been proven to achieve lasting effects, especially for at-risk and high-risk students.
This program is the culmination of over 26 years of research and development. It is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) as the only program in the nation to show “positive effects” for both academics and behavior. WWC found Positive Action improves academics by an average of +14 percentile points and behavior by an average of +19 percentile points.
Most recently, a National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) study found that Positive Action reduced problem behaviors in 5th graders by half. The randomized trial, which was published by the American Journal of Public Health, produced consistent declines in rates of substance abuse, violence, and early sexual activity.
2. Works for All Parts of Title I
Positive Action has K–12 classroom curriculum and climate development tools for school-wide improvement. These tools also work for targeted assistance and school improvement by increasing the dose and intensity and pairing them with counselor, conflict resolution, family, and community materials. All components share the same core concepts, creating a seamless, coherent strategy.
Positive Action can be used for:
Targeted Assistance (Tier II and III)
Schoolwide Program (Tier I)
School Improvement
English Language Learners
Dropout prevention
Mentoring
Summer school and after-school programs
3. Works for All Populations
Positive Action is used in urban, suburban, and rural settings with students of all ethnicities and socioeconomic levels. Positive Action is especially effective at improving academic achievement and behavior for poverty and minority students.
4. Easy to Use
Classroom lessons, with all the materials to teach them, are interesting, engaging, and focus on building students’ skills and motivation in the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional domains. Lessons also incorporate state academic standards for easy integration into a school’s current curriculum. The curriculum builds on itself, providing incremental improvements that are the building blocks of sweeping systemic change.
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“I watch classrooms from the hallway windows, and it’s common to see almost every hand go up for questions even I have to think about. It wasn’t always like that. The students just feel comfortable and safe in the learning environment we’ve created with Positive Action.”
—Allan Petersdorf, Principal, Discovery Bay Elementary School, California
Positive Action teaches a unique combination of academic, behavioral, and social skills that has been proven to achieve lasting effects, especially for at-risk and high-risk students.
This program is the culmination of over 26 years of research and development. It is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) as the only program in the nation to show “positive effects” for both academics and behavior. WWC found Positive Action improves academics by an average of +14 percentile points and behavior by an average of +19 percentile points.
Academics
Academic Scores Improvement