State Implementation and Scaling up of Evidence-based Practices U.S. Department of Education July 2010 Dean L. Fixsen, Ph.D., Karen A. Blase, Ph.D. Michelle Duda, Ph.D., Melissa Van Dyke, LCSW Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Rob Horner, Ph.D., University of Oregon, George Sugai, Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Students cannot benefit from interventions they do not experience. …National Implementation Research Network Maximize Student Benefit

Implementation Science EffectiveNOT Effective Effective NOT Effective IMPLEMENTATION INNOVATION Student Benefits (Institute of Medicine, 2000; 2001; 2009; New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2003; National Commission on Excellence in Education,1983; Department of Health and Human Services, 1999) Inconsistent; Not Sustainable; Poor outcomes Poor outcomes Poor outcomes; Sometimes harmful

System Change  Supply side: Innovations go where they are most welcome  Islands of excellence  Demand side: Innovations go where they are most needed  A sea of change

© Fixsen & Blase, 2008 Capacity Development: Establishing, sustaining, and improving an infrastructure to assure full and effective uses of effective practices in all schools All Students & Families Teachers and Staff Innovation outcomes result from adult interactions with students Innovations Building Implementation Teams Regional Implementation Teams State Transformation Team State Department Leadership State Department Leadership Implementation Outcomes “District” Implementation Teams

Impl. TeamNO Impl. Team Effective NOT Effective IMPLEMENTATION INTERVENTION 80%, 3 Yrs 14%, 17 Yrs Balas & Boren, 2000 Fixsen, Blase, Timbers, & Wolf, 2001 Implementation Science

Scaling up is achieved when at least 60% of the students/ schools that could benefit from an innovation have full and effective access to that innovation Scaling Innovations

SISEP Center State Implementation and Scaling up of Evidence-based Practices (SISEP)  Project Officer: Jennifer Coffey

For More Information Dean L. Fixsen, Ph.D.   Karen A. Blase, Ph.D.   State Implementation and Scaling up of Evidence-based Practices National Implementation Research Network

For More Information The OSEP-funded National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior and Intervention Supports was established to address the behavioral and discipline systems needed for successful learning and social development of students. The Center provides capacity-building information and technical support about behavioral systems to assist states and districts in the design of effective schools.