Looking Across Two Literacy Randomized Controlled Trials: Is Self-Reporting of Fidelity a Viable Alternative to Direct Observations?

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine teachers’ levels of FOI in two different literacy RCTs and to investigate whether teacher self-report of implementation could be utilized as a reliable alternative to direct observations. Using a mixed-methods design, we found: a) that FOI was linked to outcomes, and b) the likelihood of a teacher reporting the same way as did the observer fell on a continuum of “very likely” to “not very likely.” The higher the observed adherence, the more likely the teacher was to report implementation in a manner consistent with the observer (with less than a 5% differential); the lower the fidelity, the less likely (with more than a 10% differential).

Author

• Lisa Hall Foster, Liberty University