Phased iterative testing: optimization testing before efficacy testing before statewide scale-up¶

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Description¶

The partnership sequences program development into distinct phases: "Conduct optimization testing of Write to Succeed (2023/24)", then "Conduct initial efficacy testing of Write to Succeed (2024/25)", then "Statewide scale-up of Write to Succeed (2025/27)". Refinement and adaptation occur alongside early phases, so evidence of feasibility and efficacy is gathered before broad deployment.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Partnership with state and local partners to adapt and refine the program

Constraints¶

• Phasing is bounded by the REL Southwest contract period

Target Learners¶

• New Mexico teachers statewide

Target Learning Goals¶

• Improving literacy instruction for English learner students

Related Strategies¶

• Coach-the-coaches model for sustaining teacher professional learning implementation
• Phase the intervention through cohorts that move from development to usability/feasibility testing to efficacy testing
• Conduct a smaller sequence of rapid-cycle studies that build on one another instead of planning a single large confirmatory study
• Conduct a larger-scale, statewide study of mentoring features and retention to detect small or moderate relationships

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Southwest English Learner Literacy (SWELL) Partnership. (2023). https://ies.ed.gov/nrel/southwest