Hi, friend! I am trying to understand the ranking standard you mentioned before, to evaluate juvenile justice practices, such as Blueprints. Could you please elaborate more for me?

My pleasure.

I see. Thanks.

Sure. The Blueprints registry standard for a program rating requires:
1) a theoretical rationale/logic model,
2) one or more high quality randomized controlled designs (RCTs),
3) an experimental replication,
4) sustainability of effects for at least one year post-intervention,
5) no evidence of iatrogenic effects, and
6) the organizational capacity to provide materials, training, and information for potential users to adopt and implement the model program with fidelity.

Blueprints also have a “model+” rating, which requires at least one trial by an evaluation team independent of the program developer and his or her colleagues. In sum, the logic is that for Blueprints to consider any program as ready to be relied on in practice or for scaling up, there should be a clearly specified theoretical rationale, reliable evidence of positive, sustained impact based on a sound experimental research design, and at least one replication of positive findings. on a sound experimental research design, and at least one replication of positive findings.