One can only imagine how much progress we might have made if, instead of attacking the standards, its principled critics had devoted their energies to helping the field choose materials, create curriculum, train teachers, and insist
on implementation with fidelity.
We stand ready to work with Secretary DeVos and Congress as they oversee
ESSA implementation with the fidelity necessary to provide an equitable, well - rounded education that ensures each student is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.
Those responsible for professional learning, whether leaders, facilitators, or participants, commit to long - term change by setting clear goals and maintaining high expectations
for implementation with fidelity.
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), which works on SEL at a national level, conducted a meta - analysis in 2011 and found that systematic
SEL implementation with fidelity led to a 9 - percentage - point drop in problem behaviors, a 9 - percentage - point increase in prosocial skills (meaning managing emotions and conflict appropriately), and an 11 - percentage - point increase in reading and math standardized test scores.
To ensure the success of the law and its goals, national leaders, including DeVos, must oversee
its implementation with fidelity so that all state plans provide an equitable and well - rounded education focused on the whole child.
Addressing this issue involves addressing three important dynamics: (a) initiating the intervention (i.e.,
implementation with fidelity) in, (b) gaining the capacity to sustain the intervention, and (c) expanding the intervention to additional sites with sustainability.
The Lions Quest commitment to
implementation with fidelity is based on the proven premise that programs for youth are most successful when comprehensive, program - specific training is provided.