ERIC Number: ED628971
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jun
Pages: 139
Abstractor: As Provided
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Evaluation of an Expansion Strategy for the Assessment-to-Instruction Professional Support System
Zhu, Pei; Alterman, Emma; Commins, Nicholas; Nash, Peyton
MDRC
The Assessment-to-Instruction (A2i) Professional Support System has been shown to be effective in improving literacy proficiency among young readers by combining data-driven technology with professional development (PD) activities to help teachers provide personalized literacy instruction. To identify efficient ways to expand the reach of A2i, this study uses a school-level randomized controlled trial design to assess the relative effectiveness of two PD models in implementing A2i and improving student literacy achievement. Fifty-nine schools in 20 school districts were randomly assigned to either a mixed-mode PD delivery model that combines in-person and virtual PD activities or a face-to-face model that is tested and resource-intensive. A cohort of 4,733 first-graders in these schools was followed and their reading achievement tracked for three years. Due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the full implementation of A2i was not realized during the study period. As a result, while student achievement in reading was similar in mixed-mode and face-to-face schools across all three study years, such results might not reflect the actual relative effectiveness between the two PD models.
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Faculty Development, Literacy Education, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Blended Learning, Models, Program Implementation, In Person Learning, Reading Instruction, Costs, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) (ED), Education Innovation and Research (EIR)
Authoring Institution: MDRC
Grant or Contract Numbers: U411A170021