- 888.221.4615
The State of Colorado Judicial Department awards contract for instrument evaluation study to Northpointe
For Immediate Release: August 23, 2010
Contact: Brian Mattson– 888.221.4615
bmattson@npipm.com
Northpointe Institute for Public Management has been awarded the contract from the State of Colorado Judicial Department for a study of the Offender Treatment Matching Algorithm (OTMA) and Adult Substance Use Survey Revised (ASUS-R) instruments in use in Colorado. The reliability and validity study includes evaluating the content, convergent, and discriminate validity of the two measures as well as inter-rater reliability and internal consistency. The study is directed and supervised by the Interagency Advisory Committee on Adult and Juvenile Correctional Treatment (IACAJCT) research subcommittee. The OTMA and ASUS-R are part of a standardized system currently in use statewide that helps establish the need for education or therapy services of varying intensity and duration. The study was commissioned in order to revisit and test the reliability of the ASUS-R and establish the psychometric properties of the OTMA. Northpointe’s expertise in psychometric evaluation, program evaluation, and policy development will be instrumental in establishing a valid, standardized and reliable treatment and intervention program in Colorado.
About Northpointe Institute for Public Management
Northpointe Institute for Public Management is an experienced and nationally recognized correctional consulting and research firm providing software products, training and implementation services to federal, state and local criminal justice systems and policy makers. Northpointe was established in 1989 with a dedication to create and implement innovative solutions to the problems that affect the criminal justice system and has a current client base of over 275 correctional agencies. Northpointe’s Research and Development Division is best known for the development of the COMPAS, a fourth generation Risk- and Needs Assessment Instrument that has achieved remarkable success in helping correctional agencies focus their resources and reducing costs in criminal justice and corrections without compromising public safety.
