School-based facilitators implemented TSG sessions with high mean fidelity (88%) but varied more than expert facilitators¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Mean fidelity of TSG treatment, calculated on 20% of sessions, was 88% (median 90%, range 54% to 100%), with school-based facilitators varying more than the expert facilitators of the prior study. → Russell Gersten 2013

Evidence¶

Russell Gersten 2013¶

Russell Gersten, Joseph Dimino, Madhavi Jayanthi, Rebecca Newman-Gonchar, Mary Jo Taylor. (2013). Impact of the Teacher Study Group Professional Development Program on Student Vocabulary and Observed Teaching Practice: A Replication in First Grade Classrooms. SREE Spring 2013 Conference Abstract. http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/blueprint

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Fidelity observational analysis of 20% of TSG sessions in the replication trial. The article reports mean fidelity of 88% with a range from 54% to 100%, and concludes that trained school level personnel can, in most cases, facilitate the TSGs.

"Mean fidelity of treatment, calculated on 20% of the sessions, was 88% (median = 90%; range = 54% to 100%). The procedural fidelity data indicate that school-based facilitators varied in their implementation fidelity more than the expert facilitators used in the previous small-scale study."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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