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The NIFDI Research Department recently released Technical Report 2016-1: Effective Direct Instruction Implementations: The Impact of Administrative Decisions and Time.

This report uses data from different studies and settings to examine two general factors that make DI implementations more effective: 1) administrative decisions and practices and 2) experience with the program. The data show that DI students make significantly more progress at mastery and have significantly higher achievement when:

  • teachers implement the programs with greater fidelity
  • teachers have been trained for the specific programs they are teaching
  • teachers are given time and support to prepare lessons
  • teachers have more experience in teaching the programs
  • DI has been implemented for a longer period of time
  • students are taught for the recommended time each week
  • at-risk students are given extra instructional time ("double dosing")
  • students start learning with DI in kindergarten 

The report is free and can be downloaded from the NIFDI website, or pdf click here

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