EVALUATION OF A DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAM - INTEGRATIONOF QUALITATIVE AND QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

This article describes an outcome evaluation of a Drug-Free Schools an d Community Program employing a case study design and following a patt ern-matching logic. Included in two cases (elementary and high school programs) were two sources of evidence, a correlational panel survey, and a qualitative interview study Predictions were made for both sourc es of evidence assuming the program was successful. The elementary sch ool case matched the predicted outcome but the high school case did no t. A discussion of the methodologies selected and the conclusions reac hed is presented to analyze the case study, pattern-matching approach for future outcome studies.