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Research to Practice: Efforts by the Institute of Education Sciences. Deborah Speece Virginia Commonwealth University Presentation to the Haskins Training Institute April 25, 2014 dlspeece@vcu.edu. What We Need. What We Have. How Teachers May Feel About Evidence-Based Practice.
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Research to Practice:Efforts by the Institute of Education Sciences Deborah Speece Virginia Commonwealth University Presentation to the Haskins Training Institute April 25, 2014 dlspeece@vcu.edu
We Used to Be from the Federal Government and We're Here to Help • Institute of Education Sciences, US Dept of Ed National Center for Education Research National Center for Special Education Research National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance National Center for Education Statistics
Stay Informed http://ies.ed.gov/
NCSER Research Summaries http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/pubs/20143000/pdf/20143000.pdf
NCSER Research Summaries http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/pubs/20133001/pdf/20133001.pdf
WWC Practice Guideshttp://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/ • Practice guides help educators address classroom challenges. • Intervention reports guide evidence-based decisions. • Single study reviews examine research quality. • Quick reviews give the WWC's assessment of recent education research. • The studies database contains all WWC-reviewed studies.
WWC Practice Guide Example http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/english_learners_pg_040114.pdf
WWC Intervention Reports • Useful when considering a specific instructional approach • Examples • Spelling Mastery • Pre-K Mathematics • Let’s Begin With the Letter People • Read Naturally
National Center on Intensive Intervention (OSEP) http://www.intensiveintervention.org/
Ongoing Work at IES/NCSER • 2005-2012 Report http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects/2012progs/index.asp • Accelerating the Academic Achievement of Children with Learning Disabilities