What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guides

1. What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guides

2. U.S Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (IES) What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Practice Guides DWW Website Who Develops Practice Guides?

3. What are Practice Guides? • Recommendations for addressing current challenges in education • Practice guides include: • - Concrete how-to steps • - Ratings of strength of evidence • - Solutions for common roadblocks

4. Current Practice Guides • Response to Intervention (RtI) for Reading – Elementary Schools • Response to Intervention for Math – Elementary/Middle Schools • Reducing Behavior Problems in Elementary School Classrooms • Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners • Encouraging Girls in Math and Science • Improving Adolescent Literacy • Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning • Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools • Using Student Achievement Data for Instructional Decision Making • Dropout Prevention • Helping Students Navigate the Path to College • Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement

5. Research Broad Search WWC Assess Quality Identify Examples Recommendations Peer Review How Practice Guides Are Developed Expert Panel - Researchers - Practitioners

6. Screened Out Effectiveness Studies (WWC Review) Other Studies Consulted Broad Literature Search

7. Levels of Evidence • Strong: High confidence (multiple rigorous studies in a variety of contexts) • Moderate: Some evidence (may not work in all settings) • Low: Hasn’t been proven with rigorous research (but panel still thinks it is important)

8. Components of a Practice Guide • Introduction – goals and scope of the guide • Overview – explanation of the topic and summary of levels of evidence • Checklist for carrying out the recommendations • Recommendations (separate chapter for each one) • Brief explanation of recommendation • Level of evidence and discussion of the research • Specific how-to steps • Roadblocks and Solutions -- potential obstacles to carrying out the recommendation and suggestions for how to overcome them • Appendices • About the authors • More in-depth descriptions of key studies • References

9. http://whatworks.ed.gov