Evaluation
Evaluation and research studies will be conducted to determine those aspects of literacy learning practices and outcomes that are most valued by technical assistance providers and end-users (social marketing); the processes and procedures found most effective for promoting adoption and sustained use of targeted practices (process studies); adherence to the intervention protocols (treatment fidelity studies); and increased end-user use of the practices and the child benefits associated with evidence-based early literacy learning practices (impact studies).
Environmental scans will be used for social marketing to determine those aspects of early literacy learning practices and outcomes that different stakeholder groups (policy makers, early childhood program coordinators and directors, end-users, etc.) consider the most important skills for young children to learn. Process studies will include an examination of both general and specialized technical assistance to identify both the facilitators and impediments to the adoption and sustained use of CELL literacy learning practices. Fidelity studies will determine the extent to which variations in fidelity are related to variations in outcomes (implementation analyses). Impact studies will examine the extent to which CELL technical assistance influences the adoption of targeted practices and whether use of CELL practices are associated with literacy learning.
