Teachers reported that insufficient instructional minutes during the school year prevented them from teaching all required ERWC modules with fidelity¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2025: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Teachers attributed their inability to teach all required modules with fidelity to there not being enough instructional minutes during the school year. → Fong 2022

Evidence¶

Fong 2022¶

Fong, A., Porterfield, A., Skjoldhorne, S., & Hadley, L. (2022). Expanding the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum: An evaluation of an Investing in Innovation Validation grant. WestEd. https://www.wested.org/resources/expanding-the-erwc-evaluation/

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Teacher-reported explanation gathered in the implementation evaluation of the ERWC 3.0 across the study years. This is a self-reported perception of a barrier, not a measured time allocation; no effect size is printed.

"Teachers noted that the reason for not being able to teach all of the required modules with fidelity was that there were not enough instructional minutes during the school year to get through all of the modules."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• 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 — related
• Teachers reported pacing demands, student struggles with rigor, and technology impediments as factors hindering ERWC implementation — related
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• Teachers least often taught the aspects of the ERWC curriculum associated with writing and metacognition — related
• Teachers viewed the ERWC 3.0 as an improved curriculum that promoted high student engagement and supported students' academic and personal growth — related