The School Development Program: A Model for School Improvement

1988 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norris M. Haynes ◽  
James P. Comer ◽  
Muriel Hamilton-Lee
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
Development Program ◽  
School Development ◽  
School Development Program

An Evaluation of the School Development Program Model at a Charter High School

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Buelna ◽  
Ann Levett ◽  
Liza Cariaga-Lo ◽  
Christine Emmons
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Development Program ◽  
School Development ◽  
Program Model ◽  
School Development Program

Comer’s School Development Program in Chicago: Effects on Involvement With the Juvenile Justice System From the Late Elementary Through the High School Years

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Cook ◽  
Paul J. Hirschfield
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
School Development ◽  
Self Report ◽  
General Effect ◽  
School Development Program

In 2000, Cook, Murphy, and Hunt published a multilevel study of Chicago inner-city schools in order to evaluate James Comer’s School Development Program (SDP). One main finding was that SDP reduced the rate of change and final posttest mean when delinquency was assessed annually between Grades 5 and 8 using a self-report measure of acting out. The present study examined whether these same mean and slope effects would be observed when delinquency was measured from juvenile justice system records instead of self-reports. Hierarchical models of official statistics revealed no evidence favoring SDP between Grades 5 and 8, and the same was basically true during the high school years. So the Chicago variant of SDP did not have a general effect on reducing delinquency. Speculations are offered about why the two delinquency measures produced different results.

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