Assessing Fidelity of Implementation of an Unprescribed, Diagnostic Mathematics Intervention

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Title: Assessing Fidelity of Implementation of an Unprescribed, Diagnostic Mathematics Intervention
Abstract/Description: This article draws on previously employed methods for conducting fidelity studies and applies them to an evaluation of an unprescribed intervention. We document the process of assessing the fidelity of implementation of the Math Recovery first-grade tutoring program, an unprescribed, diagnostic intervention. We describe how we drew on recent conceptions and standards of fidelity assessment to evaluate the implementation of the program, detailing the process of developing and testing instruments for assessing implementation fidelity, including (a) identifying the intervention's program theory and core components; (b) creating operational definitions of the intervention's core components; (c) developing coding instruments; (d) selecting and training coders; (e) instituting a sampling frame sufficient for generalizing fidelity findings to the study population; and (f) determining the reliability and validity of the data. We also provide a brief overview of the results of the fidelity assessment. We conclude by discussing the aspects of our work that have implications for assessments of fidelity of implementation of unprescribed interventions more generally.
Author/creator: Munter, Charles; Wilhelm, Anne Garrison; Cobb, Paul; Cordray, David S.
Date: 2014
In publication: Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Pages: 83-113
Resource type: en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form: en Published Text
Scholarship genre: en Empirical
Keywords: fidelity of implementation; program evaluation; unprescribed interventions
Open access/full-text available: en No
Peer reviewed: en Yes
ISSN: 1934-5747
DOI: 10.1080/19345747.2013.809177
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (Taylor & Francis)
Citation: Munter, C., Wilhelm, A. G., Cobb, P., & Cordray, D. S. (2014). Assessing Fidelity of Implementation of an Unprescribed, Diagnostic Mathematics Intervention. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 7(1), 83–113. https://doi.org/10.1080/19345747.2013.809177
Cited in: Classroom Teaching and Learning as the Focus for Improvement Research

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