Data Collection
Data collection on youth development is accomplished through the California Healthy Kids Survey at the district level and the California Student Survey at the state level
Getting Results
This collection of documents is designed to help California school districts use research-based strategies in designing and implementing their alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention programs, as well as their youth violence prevention programs. Updates 1 and 5 pertain to youth development issues.
- Update 1: Positive Youth Development: Research, Commentary and Action highlights the importance of a youth development approach in developing safe and healthy students.
- Update 5: Student Health, Supportive Schools, and Academic Success consists of comprehensive discussions of the research on health variables, risk behaviors, supportive school environments, and academic success.
Healthy
Kids Resilience Module Report
This is a report of statewide data about levels of youth assets.
Included are Fact Sheets one and three. These fact sheets show
the relationship between youth assets and the academic success
of students. The research suggests that students with more assets
have better academic success, based on API scores and standardized
test scores, compared to students with fewer assets.
The
Resilience and Youth Development Module of the California Healthy
Kids Survey
This is a student survey that provides data pertaining to the
levels of youth assets in schools, the home, the community, and
among peers.
The
Search Institute
The Search Institute is a nonprofit research organization that
has conducted research pertaining to the positive things young
people need to succeed. They identified 40 developmental assets
important for positive youth development. The Web site has a wealth
of information pertaining to assets building research, resource
materials, conferences, staff development opportunities, and other
related information. New research articles are posted on their
Web site under Insights and Evidence.
