Fidelity and quality

OMB Approval # 0990-0438

Expiration Date: XX/XX/2021

Fidelity

Facilitator reported fidelity

• For every curriculum session:

  • what is the date of its implementation

  • what is the number of activities planned?

  • what is the number of activities completed?

There are 2 performance measures for fidelity to be reported to the agency that will be calculated using the facilitator reported fidelity:

• The median percentage of activities completed across sessions, summarized by grant type and tier

• The median percentage of sessions implemented

Observer reported fidelity (adherence)

• For each of 10%¹ of curriculum sessions, what is the number of activities planned and what is the number of activities completed?

There are 2 performance measures of fidelity to be reported to the agency (and to Congress) that will be calculated using the observer reported fidelity:

• The percentage of sessions actually observed by an independent observer, summarized by grant type and tier.

• The median percentage of activities (and minimum and maximum) completed across sessions as observed, summarized by grant type and tier.

Observer reported quality (see form in Appendix D).

There is 1 performance measure of observer quality to be reported to the agency (and to congress) that will be calculated using the observer reported quality:

• The percentage of sessions receiving a rating of at least 4 for overall quality, summarized by grant type and tier.

1 For the Tier 1B grantees in the maximum funding category, 5% curriculum sessions would be observed

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