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From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

With the No Child Left Behind Act increasingly focusing schools' attention on test scores alone, programs that stress behavior, social development and commitment to school have sometimes gotten left behind. But a new study indicates that schools adopting programs that target antisocial behavior are also likely to boost their students' academic performance.

The study of nearly 600 children by the University of Washington's Social Development Research Group found that risk factors such as substance use, delinquency and violence that can be identified and counteracted in elementary school also are good predictors of later academic achievement.

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