U.S. and Canada Evaluation Reports

A growing body of research proves that addressing the social and emotional needs of youth not only prepares students to learn, but also increases their capacity to learn. High-quality SEL programs like Lions Quest have been proven to increase academic performance and reduce disruptive classroom behavior.

  • Final report and executive summary of 2-year study of Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence conducted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). The study reported statistically significant improvement in their perception of school climate, especially their perceptions of physical and emotional safety and their peers’ social and problem-solving skills. The school maintained these results into year 2. – Download 1 & Download 2

  • Evaluation of the Intervention Efficacy of Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence. Jennifer Lee Switzer, Walden University 2016 – Download

  • Effective Classroom Management Strategies in the Lions Quest Classroom. Eagle Mountain-Saginaw School District, Texas. AIR Final Report, October 2016 – Download

  • Lions Quest Skills for Growing: Implementation and Outcome Study in Wood County, West Virginia
    AIR Final Report by Yael Kidron, Mark Garibaldi, Emily Anderson, and David Osher. December 2015 – Download

  • Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence: Implementation and Outcome Study in Wood County, West Virginia
    AIR Final Report by Yael Kidron, Mark Garibaldi, and David Osher. January 2016 – Download

  • Lions Quest Skills for Action: Implementation and Outcome Study in Wood County, West Virginia
    AIR Final Report by Yael Kidron, Mark Garibaldi, and David Osher. January 2016 – Download

  • Lions Quest Skills for Action: Implementation and Outcome Study in Wood County, West Virginia
    AIR Final Report by Yael Kidron, Mark Garibaldi, and David Osher. January 2016 – Download

  • An Evaluation Report of Student Attitude and Behavior Changes, Year Three of the Learn and Serve Project – Executive Summary (Skills for Action Evaluation) by Dr. Molly Laird, December 2009 – Download

  • Evaluation of Project SAVE for LA Webber High School, Lyndonville, New York (Skills for Adolescence and Skills for Action) by Dr. Richard Bradley and Dr. Molly Laird, July 2009 – Download
  • Lions-Quest Skills for Action: Teens, Alcohol, and Other Drugs (TAOD), from 2006 annual report, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools – Download
  • Brandon University (Canada) Study of Skills for Growing and Skills for Adolescence, December 2003 – Download
  • Addictive Behaviors 28 (2003): Dr. Marvin Eisen’s Evaluation of the Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence Program: Second Year behavior outcomes 2003 – Download
  • Service-Learning Evaluation Project: Program Effects for At-Risk Students (Skills for Action Evaluation) by Dr. Molly Laird and Steven Black 1999 – Download
  • An Outcome Evaluation of Lions Quest Skills for Growing Grades K-5 by Kim Sehwan and Molly Laird, 1995 – Download