What we learned: How G.R.E.A.T. 1 informed G.R.E.A.T. 2

• In Event: Twenty Years of Evaluating the G.R.E.A.T. Program: A retrospective assessment of two prospective studies

Abstract

In the process of conducting the first national evaluation of the G.R.E.A.T. program, the research team encountered a number of challenges that, in conjunction with responding to criticisms raised by reviewers, other researchers, and policy makers, helped inform the second national evaluation. This presentation focuses on the lessons learned.

Authors

• Dana Peterson, University at Albany, SUNY

• Terrance Taylor, University of Missouri - St. Louis

• D. Wayne Osgood, Pennsylvania State University

• Adrienne Freng, University of Wyoming

• Finn-Aage Esbensen, University of Missouri - St. Louis