Was fidelity of CSR implementation associated with gains in school-level mathematics and reading achievement?
Two analyses address this question: Comprehensiveness of implementation • The comprehensiveness of implementation, as measured by the number of CSR components implemented, was not related to mathematics and reading achievement gains in CSR schools. Adoption of models with a recognized scientific research base • Only one-third of 2002 CSR awardees chose reform approaches with recognized scientific research bases. • Low-performing elementary schools that adopted models with stronger evidence of effectiveness had gains in mathematics achievement that were not found in higher-performing schools. • Adoption of a CSR model independently determined to have had limited scientific evidence of effectiveness was associated with higher gains in middle school mathematics achievement in all CSR schools, whether they were low-performing or not. There is also weaker evidence that CSR middle schools that adopted models with limited scientific evidence may have experienced gains in middle school reading
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