Submitted by Rochel Gelman (not verified) on May 13, 2008 - 8:59pm.
1.It is possible that teachers in other programs did other things to enhance early literacy scores.
2. The program, when initiated, required teachers to do something new.
It never is easy to accomplish this and often requires a conceptual change on the part of teachers. So, it is possible that the second study benefited from all the efforts to train, encourage, etc., teachers to pay attention to the development of relevant literacy scores.
3. What evidence is there that the teachers actually delivered the requisite material. Further, any evidence that the children attended?
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On improvements.
1.It is possible that teachers in other programs did other things to enhance early literacy scores.
2. The program, when initiated, required teachers to do something new.
It never is easy to accomplish this and often requires a conceptual change on the part of teachers. So, it is possible that the second study benefited from all the efforts to train, encourage, etc., teachers to pay attention to the development of relevant literacy scores.
3. What evidence is there that the teachers actually delivered the requisite material. Further, any evidence that the children attended?
rg