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Good Behavior Game had positive effects on student behavior and teacher practice and potentially positive effects on student writing conventions and writing productivity compared with business-as-usual programs. Good Behavior Game had uncertain effects on literacy and mathematics achievement, intrapersonal competencies, and school climate.

Findings

studies that met standards out of

eligible studies reviewed

Outcome domain	Effectiveness Rating	Grades
Alphabetics	The WWC could not calculate effect sizes for any of the findings that meet standards in this domain.	K
General Literacy Achievement		1-3
General Mathematics Achievement		1-2
Intrapersonal Competencies		K-5
School Climate		2-5
Student Behavior		K-11
Teacher Practice		K-4
Writing Conventions		1-2
Writing productivity		1-2

Last Updated: May 2023

Summary of all Research Settings and Samples that Met Standards

Race

Asian		1%
Black		43%
Native American		<1%
White		41%
Other or unknown		16%
Two or more races		<1%

Ethnicity

Hispanic		3%
Not Hispanic or Latino		86%
Other or unknown		11%

Gender

Male: 51%

Female: 49%

Free & Reduced-Price Lunch

61%

English Learners

22%

Note: This summary only includes data from studies that reported sample information. The Intervention Report may include evidence from other studies that met standards, but did not report sample information.

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This intervention report was prepared for the WWC by Mathematica under contract WWC-OREGANO-91990018C0009.

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