Our Centers for Ethics:

Research on CHARACTER COUNTS!

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“The results have been outstanding. We've realized a 60% reduction in behavior incidents on living units and a 47% reduction in negative behavioral incidents in our academic setting. Additionally, our human resource director reports staff retention is the highest it has been in 15 years!”
— Report on CHARACTER COUNTS! from Orchard Place, a center for mental health and juvenile justice services for more than 5,000 children in Des Moines, Iowa

CHARACTER COUNTS! not only works, it works dramatically. We know that scientists and grant makers need statistical proof, so we’ve been collecting it for several years now. Here are some of the documented results:

• Summary of Research and Results
• South Dakota Study
  • Methodology
  • Findings: Students
  • Findings: Teacher
• CHARACTER COUNTS! and NCLB Requirements
• CHARACTER COUNTS! and State Standards
• CHARACTER COUNTS! Report on Youth and Violence
• “Smart and Good High Schools: Integrating Excellence and Ethics for Success in School, Work and Beyond” – a report sponsored by the Center for the 4th and 5th Rs and the Character Education Partnership (2005)
• “Internalization of Character Traits by Those Who Teach Character Counts!” – an article in the Journal of Extension (Dec. 2001, vol. 39, no. 6)