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What Works Clearinghouse
Practice Guides
U.S Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)
Practice Guides DWW Website
Who Develops 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
What are Practice Guides?
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
How Practice Guides Are Developed
Expert Panel - Researchers - Practitioners
Recommendations
Peer Review
Research
Broad Search
Assess Quality
Identify Examples
WW
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Broad Literature Search
Screened Out
Other Studies
Consulted
Effectiveness Studies (WWC
Review)
Initial Search
After Screening
Effectiveness Studies
Met Standards
RTI-Math 801 350 115 40
Data Driven Decisions
2,853 495 64 24
Out of School Time
3,972 1,170 88 29
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)
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)
o Brief explanation of recommendationo Level of evidence and discussion of the researcho Specific how-to steps
• Roadblocks and Solutions -- potential obstacles to carrying out the recommendation and suggestions for how to overcome them
• Appendices
o About the authorso More in-depth descriptions of key studieso References
http://whatworks.ed.gov