Latent Profile Analysis of the SSIS-CIP Implementation

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session 14
  In Roundtable Session: Quantitative Assessment and Evaluation of SEL Outcomes

Abstract

Evaluating implementation has become essential for program delivery and development as high-quality implementation promotes program efficacy while poor implementation may lead to a failure of achieving desired outcomes. The study examined varying patterns of implementation with data from a randomized controlled trial of a classwide social-emotional learning program via self-report and observation of adherence, dosage, quality of delivery, and participant engagement. Latent profile analysis of the measures favored a 3-profile solution and characterized teacher implementation of the intervention as “Low-implementation”, “Low-dosage, moderate-implementation”, and “High-implementation”. Furthermore, “Low-implementation” classrooms appeared to yield significantly poorer outcomes when compared with the other two profiles. Findings from the study suggested the need to evaluate implementation multi-dimensionally using various assessment methods.

Authors

• Hui Zhao, Pennsylvania State University

• Pui-Wa Lei, The Pennsylvania State University

• James C. Diperna, The Pennsylvania State University

• Xinyue Li, The Pennsylvania State University

• Susan Crandall Hart