Evidence-Based Interventions

Evidence-Based Interventions Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

This presentation provides an overview of the tiers of evidence that support the interventions selected by districts and schools and funded through ESSA Title programs.

 

Non-Regulatory Guidance: Using Evidence to Strengthen Education Investments

This document provides an overview of US Department of Education’s levels of evidence for selecting evidence-based interventions.

What Works Clearinghouse

The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviews the existing research on different programs, products, practices, and policies in education and provides educators with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.

Using the WWC to Identify ESSA Evidence Ratings

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, educators must demonstrate the strength of evidence supporting policies, programs, and practices. This video shows how administrators, teachers, and others can use the What Works Clearinghouse, or WWC, to find research that aligns with ESSA Tier 1 and Tier 2 evidence ratings.

Finding Evidence with the WWC: A Webinar for Educators

WWC provides a webinar to demonstrate the features and functionality of the WWC website through case studies.

Evidence for ESSA

This resource provides up-to-date and reliable information on programs that meet ESSA evidence standards to enable educators, stakeholders and communities in selecting effective educational tools to improve student success.

IDEAs that Work

This site provides resources for preparing children and youth with disabilities for success.

Institute of Education Sciences

The premiere source for research, evaluation and statistics in education. IES invests in high quality research that sparks innovative solutions to real world challenges in education.

National Center on Intensive Intervention

The National Center on Intensive Intervention provides a series of reading lessons to support special education instructors, reading interventionists, and others working with students who struggle with reading.

SCDE Instruction Hub

The SCDE Instruction Hub is a Learning Object Repository (LOR) that provides resources for lesson planning and student learning, exemplary teaching strategies and professional opportunities all across our state.

Professional Learning Library

The Professional Learning Library is available free for educators working in South Carolina School Districts, through the Learning Tab at SCLead.org. The course search feature can be used to find courses directly tied to the South Carolina Teaching Standards, PADEPP Leadership Standards and other topics.

Colorado Department of Education’s Initiative Inventory Alignment and Analysis Process Guide

The purpose of this document is to support developing, completing, and analyzing an initiative inventory. An initiative inventory is a tool to support teams in “taking stock” of current initiatives/programs that are being implemented and identifying potential areas of alignment between them. The initiative inventory tool is used during the Exploration stage when states are identifying possible new programs to implement. It can also be used at other stages of implementation when a state is trying to align existing programs.

Evidence-Based Improvement: A Guide for States to Strengthen Their Frameworks and Support Aligned to the Evidence Requirements of ESSA

One of the broad intents of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is to encourage evidence-based decision-making as standard practice. This guide provides an initial set of tools to help states and school districts understand and plan for implementing evidence-based improvement strategies.

SC LETRS Professional Development

The South Carolina Department of Education is partnering with Lexia to offer eligible educators access to Lexia’s LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) suite of professional learning programs designed to provide a deep knowledge of literacy and language expertise in the science of reading. LETRS teaches the skills needed to master the foundational and fundamentals of reading and writing instruction – phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and written language.

Academic Alliance of South Carolina

The mission of the Academic Alliance of South Carolina (AASC) is to research and disseminate evidence-based practices to inform, implement, and sustain an integrated academic and behavioral framework within a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) to improve the academic achievement and social competence of students with disabilities.

South Carolina Department of Education-Office of School Transformation Continuous Improvement Guide

This document provides an overview of an evidence-based school improvement planning process and helpful tools to use during each phase of the needs assessment and planning process.

 

A Return on Investment in Education: A System Strategy Approach

This resource provides tools and strategies to evaluate the impact and return on investment of school improvement efforts. When utilizing a strategic planning process, it is important to evaluate the impact of the implementation of the changes. Return-On-Investment analysis is a tool for improving resource efficiency.

Edunomics Lab

Edunomics Lab is a Georgetown University research center dedicated to exploring and modeling complex education finance decisions to inform policy and practice and is a nationally recognized leader in the field of education finance. Our research and modeling projects are designed to give policymakers and education leaders evidence-based, practical, actionable resources such as tools, publications, webinars, and presentations, so they can make thoughtful resource decisions on behalf of students.