title: Program evaluation: relationships as key to student development.
abstract: Evaluation is an important program component of RALLY and helps to document the gains that stem from this program. This article describes the quality of RALLY implementation and selected student outcomes of an exemplary RALLY program at an urban middle school. The findings showed effects on students' resiliency as well as academic success, as indicated by student, practitioner, and teacher reports. The practitioners and teachers also reported a decrease in students' behavioral problems. Relationships to practitioners and a developmental orientation proved to be of key significance for changes in students' resiliency and academic outcomes.
authors.affiliation: McLean Hospital and Harvard University.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Malti
authors.forename: Sarah E O
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Cindy H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gil G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Noam
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D017145:Models, Educational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States