Education monitoring

Abstract

Group-based, periodic education intervention that provides a targeted curriculum selected specifically for each period based on current skill assessment data is described. For example, candidates' skill levels in multiple skills are assessed, and groups are formed based on commonality of skill level. A period-specific curriculum is generated for each group to address the specific needs of the individuals of the respective group. After delivery of the period-specific targeted curriculum over the period, re-assessments of the current skill of the group members are made, and a period-specific curriculum for the subsequent period is generated and delivered. Fidelity of an implementation of the curriculum is analyzed, and alerts, reminders, and reports are provided to improve fidelity of an implementation of the curriculum.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for ensuring fidelity to a model implementation of an educational process, the system comprising:
 one or more processing devices;   one or more communication devices; and   one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to:
 perform operations included in an implementation of the educational process, wherein the model implementation of the educational process includes at least the following operations:
 receive, via the one or more communication devices, first assessments of a skill level of candidates for at least one skill, 
 group a subset of the candidates into an instructional group based, at least in part, on the first assessments, 
 generate a first set of instructional materials for teaching the at least one skill, 
 store the first set of instructional materials on the one or more storage devices, 
 receive, via the one or more communication devices, a request for the first set of instructional materials from a user, 
 provide, via the one or more communication devices, the first set of instructional materials to the user, 
 receive, via the one or more communication devices, second assessments of the skill level of instructional group members for the at least one skill, 
 generate a second set of instructional materials for teaching the at least one skill, 
 store the second set of instructional materials on the one or more storage devices, 
 receive, via the one or more communication devices, a request for the second set of instructional materials from the user, and 
 provide, via the one or more communication devices, the second set of instructional materials to the user; 
 
 determine values for one or more fidelity factors, the fidelity factors relating to a degree of conformity between the model implementation of the educational process and the implementation of the educational process; 
 determine a fidelity level based on the one or more determined fidelity factors; 
 compare the fidelity level to a threshold level; and 
 generate a fidelity alert message if the fidelity level exceeds the threshold level.