Early truancy evaluation: Replication of an evaluation using a regression discontinuity design

Johanna M. Thomas

Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, vol. 78, issue C, 150-160

Abstract: This study replicates the evaluation of an early truancy intervention using a Regression Discontinuity Design. The current study assesses the effectiveness of the intervention for three cohorts of students (N=2760). Approximately half of the students for each year of the intervention received the high risk, intensive case management intervention, while the other half received a warning letter only. The truancy intervention proved to significantly reduce truancy among participants in the high-risk intervention among two of the three cohorts (p<0.01), while truancy among control group participants remained at pre-intervention levels. Successful case closure was associated with a reduction in truancy (p<001). Findings continue to support the efficacy of the intervention. However, the intervention should be replicated with more diverse population and in other geographic locations.

Keywords: Program evaluation; Regression discontinuity; Truancy; Early intervention; Case management; School social work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.05.020

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