Accommodating Change: Relating Fidelity of Implementation to Program Fit in Educational Reforms

Autor/in	Anderson, Eleanor R.
Titel	Accommodating Change: Relating Fidelity of Implementation to Program Fit in Educational Reforms
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 54 (2017) 6, S.1288-1315 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831217718164
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Fidelity; Program Implementation; Organizational Change; Educational Practices; Multiple Regression Analysis; Teacher Surveys; Prediction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Organisationswandel; Bildungspraxis; Vorhersage
Abstract	Asking practitioners to make larger changes to their practice is often thought to lead to lower fidelity of implementation. However, salient differences between ambitious new reforms and teachers' existing practices may also facilitate processes of conceptual change and correspondingly increase fidelity of implementation. I use survey data on the implementation of two Comprehensive School Reform programs to investigate this puzzle, presenting a series of descriptive multivariate regressions that--contrary to conventional wisdom--predominantly support a positive association between larger changes and higher fidelity. I also address alternative explanations for this finding and discuss the conceptual and empirical strengths and weaknesses, implications for future research, and potential utility for practice of each interpretation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01