Chrishana Lloyd, MDRC Senior Associate, and Shira Kolnik Mattera, MDRC Research Associate, coauthored with Lauren Supplee a chapter, “An Eye to Efficient and Effective Fidelity Measurement for Both Research and Practice,” for a new volume, Applying Implementation Science in Early Childhood Programs and Systems, edited by Tamara Halle, Allison Metz, and Ivelisse Martinez-Beck. The book is published by Brookes Publishing, Co. 

Improving outcomes for young children and their families may start with choosing evidence-based curricula, interventions, and practices — but it doesn’t end there. To ensure sustained changes to early childhood programs and systems, interventions must be implemented effectively and consistently over time, which isn’t an easy or straightforward task. This book is the first research volume on applying implementation science — an evidence-based framework for bridging the research-to-practice gap — to early childhood programs and systems. 

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