Only 17.9 percent of study ERWC teachers taught at least 8 modules with fidelity under the strand criterion, versus 62.5 percent under an activity-count criterion¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2015 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Of 56 ERWC teachers, 10 (17.9 percent) taught at least 8 modules with fidelity, defined as teaching at least one activity in each of a module's six strands. → Anthony B. Fong 2015 q2 i? Under an alternative criterion of at least five activities per module irrespective of strand, 35 teachers (62.5 percent) would have been defined as teaching with fidelity. → Anthony B. Fong 2015 (2)

Evidence¶

Anthony B. Fong 2015¶

Anthony B. Fong, Neal D. Finkelstein, Laura M. Jaeger, Rebeca Diaz, Marie E. Broek. (2015). Evaluation of the Expository Reading and Writing Course: Findings from the Investing in Innovation Development Grant. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED559522

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Fidelity-of-implementation assessment during the 2013/14 study period, using implementation feedback instruments and a fidelity rubric. The report states "10 (17.9 percent) taught at least 8 modules with fidelity" under the six-strand criterion.

"Of the 56 ERWC teachers who participated in the study, 10 (17.9 percent) taught at least 8 modules with fidelity. This low percentage is due to the stringent requirement that, for a teacher to be considered as having taught any module with fidelity, he or she needed to teach at least one activity in each of the module's six strands"

Anthony B. Fong 2015 (2)¶

Anthony B. Fong, Neal D. Finkelstein, Laura M. Jaeger, Rebeca Diaz, Marie E. Broek. (2015). Evaluation of the Expository Reading and Writing Course: Findings from the Investing in Innovation Development Grant. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED559522

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Alternative fidelity criterion analysis of the same 56 study teachers, counting at least five activities per module regardless of strand. The report states "35 teachers (62.5 percent) would have been defined as having taught the course with fidelity."

"If, instead, the criterion had been defined as teaching at least five activities in a given module, irrespective of the strand — an approach that would provide a better indication of the number of teachers who completed 8 modules over the course of the year — 35 teachers (62.5 percent) would have been defined as having taught the course with fidelity."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Most study teachers received all ERWC materials and sufficient professional learning: 82.1 percent met professional-learning thresholds and all 56 received materials — related
• Most ERWC teachers completed required professional learning (82-99 percent), but only 0-3 percent taught the curriculum with fidelity across the three study years — related
• Teachers reported that insufficient instructional minutes during the school year prevented them from teaching all required ERWC modules with fidelity — related
• Teachers reported pacing demands, student struggles with rigor, and technology impediments as factors hindering ERWC implementation — related
• Teachers least often taught the aspects of the ERWC curriculum associated with writing and metacognition — related
• Implementation fidelity was defined as at least 85 percent student enrollment and at least 50 percent grade-level content coverage in ST Math — related
• Teachers viewed the ERWC 3.0 as an improved curriculum that promoted high student engagement and supported students' academic and personal growth — related