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Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence is a schoolwide program designed for middle school students (grades 6–8). The program was designed to promote good citizenship skills, core character values, and social-emotional skills and discourage the use of drugs, alcohol, and violence. The program includes a classroom curriculum, schoolwide practices to create a positive school climate, parent and family involvement, and community involvement. The curriculum may vary in scope and intensity, lasting from nine weeks to three years. The lessons use cooperative group learning exercises and classroom management techniques to improve classroom climate. A related program is reviewed in the intervention report on Skills for Action.
One study of Skills for Adolescence met the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards. This study included more than 7,000 students from 34 middle schools in the Los Angeles, Washington, DC-Baltimore, and Detroit areas.
Skills for Adolescence was found to have potentially positive effects on students' behavior.
| Behavior | Knowledge, attitudes, and values | Academic achievement | |
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| Rating of effectiveness | Potentially positive effects | Not reported | Not reported |
| Improvement index2 | Average: +2 percentile points Range: –1 to +11 percentile points |
Not reported | Not reported |
|Institute of Education Sciences
Character Education