Use LoU data to monitor implementation, plan staff development, select research samples, and evaluate programs¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The article recommends LoU Interview data as a practical tool for change agents: administrators need degree of implementation "to make intelligent decisions about resources, support, and training", and evaluators need extent and quality of use to assess innovation effects. The article reports exploration of LoU "in selecting research samples, planning staff development activities, and evaluating programs for optimal effectiveness", plus monitoring a science curriculum implementation district-wide.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Trained interviewers able to administer the 20-minute focused interview and rate tapes against the LoU Chart

Constraints¶

• The article notes reliability data for the current interviewer-only rating procedure was not yet available

Target Learners¶

• teachers and faculty in schools, colleges, and districts implementing innovations

Target Learning Goals¶

• facilitating, monitoring, and evaluating educational change and implementation

Affordances¶

• Levels Of Use Innovation Eight Level Framework

Related Strategies¶

• Use value-added school ratings for low-cost ex post facto evaluation of district programs

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Loucks, Susan F. (1977). Levels of Use of the Innovation: The Conceptualization and Measurement of a Variable Useful for Assessing Innovation Implementation by Individuals. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED137947