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This brief provides guidance for evaluators on designing and reporting high quality Quasi-Experimental Design studies (QEDs) aligned with the Clearinghouse’s Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0. This brief can help evaluators design and conduct rigorous QEDs and avoid common reasons that QEDs receive low ratings on the Clearinghouse’s design and execution standards. It describes the design and execution standards all QEDs reviewed by the Clearinghouse must meet to receive a rating of Moderate Support for Casual Evidence – the highest rating QEDs can receive.

The Reporting Guide for Study Authors details the information in studies that the Prevention Services Clearinghouse uses to determine eligibility for review, assign design and execution ratings, and determine program or service ratings, as well as other recommended practices for research reporting. This guide aims to facilitate the Prevention Services Clearinghouse review process and is also intended to help study authors describe their studies completely and consistently. This Guide has been updated to reflect the Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0. To read the original version of this Guide, please click here.

This Fact Sheet aims to (1) describe factors that influence the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse review process timeline and (2) identify steps that study authors and program or service developers can take to help ensure a timely review process. This Fact Sheet has been updated to reflect the Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0. To read the original version of this Fact Sheet, please click here.

This Fact Sheet describes how the Clearinghouse determines whether a study of a particular program or service is eligible for review and identifies common reasons that studies are not eligible for review. This Fact Sheet has been updated to reflect the Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0. To read the original version of this Fact Sheet, please click here.

This Fact Sheet aims to address frequently asked questions about how the Clearinghouse rates the design and execution of studies it reviews, describe common reasons why studies may receive low ratings on the design and execution standards, and lay out possible approaches to design and execute studies in alignment with the standards. This Fact Sheet has been updated to reflect the Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0. To read the original version of this Fact Sheet, please click here.

This webinar guides viewers through the sections of Handbook Version 2.0 highlighting updates made to standards and procedures in this new version.

The Prevention Services Clearinghouse uses a systematic review process that is implemented by trained reviewers using consistent, transparent standards and procedures. To learn more about these standards and procedures, please download the Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 2.0.

This webinar describes the Clearinghouse’s (1) procedures for identifying programs and services and associated research studies for review or re-review; (2) standards for assessing the design, execution, and findings of research studies and for rating programs and services; and (3) definitions of key terms [Handbook Version 1.0].

The Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 1.0 is the original version of the Handbook used by the Prevention Services Clearinghouse to conduct systematic reviews of programs and services. To learn more about the original standards and procedures used by trained reviewers to conduct systematic reviews, please download the Handbook of Standards and Procedures, Version 1.0.