Methods |
Clustered randomised controlled trial |
Participants |
678 elementary school students, nested in 27 classrooms (nine schools) 53% Male, 86.8% African‐American |
Location |
Baltimore, US. |
Interventions |
1) Classroom centred intervention (CC) is aimed at improving classroom management. It involves three main components: curriculum enhancement, enhanced behaviour management practices and back‐up strategies for children not performing adequately. 2) Family School Partnership (FSP) is anintervention targeting improvement in parent‐teacher communication and parents’ child behaviour management strategies. |
Programme deliverers |
CC is delivered by teachers FSP is delivered by teachers plus school psychologist or school social worker |
Evaluator role |
Designed the programme |
Outcomes |
Conduct problems in school School suspension Academic achievements Mental health needs |
Assessment |
Baseline and five‐year follow‐up. There was a post treatment measure but school suspension was not measured. |
Attrition |
24% |
COI statement |
Not declared |
CoFI |
Possible. Researcher seems to be the programme designer (p.602) |