Research and Best Practices
The Handbook is designed to guide state, district, and school Title I personnel in providing high-quality, research-based family and community engagement programs and experiences. Thirty-six experts on a range of topics contributed to the Handbook. Each chapter provides grounding in research and practical action principles for the field. A concluding chapter lists specific recommended practices for the state, district, and school. The.....
Content Area Resources
The Standards for Mathematical Practice
Drawing from NCTM process standards and the National Research Council’s Adding it Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics, this document from the National Governor's Association serves as a useful supplement to the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. It describes varieties of expertise—“processes and proficiencies”--that mathematics teachers should develop in their students.
The English Language Learner KnowledgeBase
This English Language Learner KnowledgeBase website is an online database of resources supporting education professionals in the administration of programs and instruction for ELLs. Its resources are identified for four categories of users: Program Administrators, Teachers, Parent Advocates, and Educators of Migrant Students.
This resource pertains to the following topics:
English Language Learning
Special Populations
Research: Meta-analyses and Summaries
Practitioner Guides
PD Modules and Training Materials.....
Updated Progress Monitoring Tools Chart (National Center on RTI)
The National Center on Response to Intervention announces the updated release of the Progress Monitoring Tools Chart! This chart represents the results of the third annual review of progress monitoring tools by the Center’s Technical Review Committee (TRC).
The chart provides ratings on the technical adequacy of progress monitoring tools used within an RTI context. The tools were rated against standards of general outcome measures, or mastery measures. Additional information on how to implement the tools can be found on the chart as well......
New Updates to the National High School Center's Early Warning System (EWS) Tool v2.0 and Technical Manual
The National High School Center recently released an updated version of the tool and technical manual to better support users as they strive to identify and address issues that lead to students dropping out of school. The updated tool includes a new Export Data feature, and the updated Technical Manual includes several additional instructions, hints, and cautions to help you use the tool. More details on the new tool and Technical Manual are below, along with instructions on how you can easlily transfer your existing data into the new tool......
Conversations with Practioners: SUPPORTING STATE-LEVEL COLLABORATION AMONG GENERAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATORS
About this document
This booklet has three main parts:
• What is collaboration?
• Recommendations for supporting state-level
collaboration
• Building capacity for collaboration
Part one compares collaboration to other forms of
active partnership (cooperation and coordination) and
encourages readers to consider which type of
partnership is most appropriate for their situation.
Part two describes seven recommendations for
fostering collaboration at the state level and illustrates
them with examples of “collaboration in.....
Synopsis of "Writing to Read: Evidence for How Writing Can Improve Reading"
This synopsis of Graham and Hebert's meta-analysis presents an overview of their findings and describes implications for practice. It is intended to serve as a first step that will encourage further exploration of the "Writing to Read" document. The authors describe a range of instructional practices that have demonstrated a positive effect on reading outcomes and provide guidance on how teachers can use writing instruction to strengthen students' reading performance.
This resource pertains to the following categories:
Literacy.....
Progress Monitoring for Elementary Mathematics (COI)
This PowerPoint presentation from the November 2006 Math Summit: Providing Evidence-Based Practices and Implications of NCTM Focal Points provides an overview of progress monitoring systems that can be used to track student growth in elementary mathematics.
Pre-Algebra and Algebra Instruction and Assessments (COI)
This PowerPoint presentation from the Center on Instruction’s November 2006 Math Summit: Providing Evidence-based Practices and Implications of NCTM Focal Points describes assessments that can be used to determine students who are struggling with pre-algebra or algebra and monitor their progress towards acquiring knowledge in these areas.
A Comprehensive K-3 Reading Assessment Plan: Guidance for School Leaders (COI)
Because scientific studies have repeatedly demonstrated the value of regularly assessing reading progress, a comprehensive assessment plan is a critical element of an effective school-level plan for preventing reading difficulties. This guide from the Center on Instruction provides valuable information for school leaders. While the general principles, such as the early identification of students who are struggling in learning to read, are all based on scientific findings, the detailed recommendations for implementation derive from practical.....
Assessments to Guide Adolescent Literacy Instruction (COI)
This guide from the Center on Instruction is a companion volume to two other COI publications: Academic Literacy Instruction for Adolescents and Improving Literacy Instruction in Middle and High Schools: A Guide for Principals. It provides information about the key elements of a comprehensive assessment plan to improve literacy instruction for adolescents and provides examples of assessments and assessment systems currently in use or under development to improve literacy instruction for students in grades 4-12.
Reviews of Research on Saxon Math for High School Students (What Works Clearinghouse)
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) has released a new report this week that reviews the research on Saxon Math for high school students.
Saxon Math is a textbook series covering grades K–12 based on incremental development and continual review of mathematical concepts to give students time to learn and practice concepts throughout the year. The program is built on the premise that students learn best when instruction is incremental and explicit, previously learned concepts are continually reviewed, and assessment is frequent and.....
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) Website
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts and communicates research to support high quality, effective, early childhood education for all young children. Such education enhances their physical, cognitive, and social development, and subsequent success in school and later life.
The Institute offers independent research-based advice and technical assistance to policy makers, journalists, researchers, and educators.
The Institute's research program aims to:
* Provide a vision of early education excellence.....
The Essential Components: Multi-Level Prevention System (Webinar)
As one in a series of webinars focused on the essential components of RTI, this month’s webinar provides information on the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention. Dr. Katie Tackett provides an overview of primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention, the types of instruction and assessments at each level, where the instruction typically occurs, and the instructional decisions that can be made based on data.
Follow-up Live Online Chat
Please join a live online chat focused on “The Essential Components of RTI:.....
Applying an On Track Indicator for High School Graduation: Adapting the Consortium on Chicago School Research Indicator for Five Texas Districts
This study uses a measure of the on-track or off-track status of students at the end of grade 9 as an indicator of whether students in five Texas districts would graduate from high school in four years. In all five districts, on-time graduation rates were higher for students who were on track at the end of grade 9 than for students who were off track, both for students overall and for all racial/ethnic groups.
What Are Rural Districts Doing? (Ideas for rural districts and others considering or committed to using SIG Funds)
In order to help districts considering or committed to using School Improvement Grant funds to rapidly improve persistently low-performing schools, CII researchers searched websites of major cities and districts to discover tools and processes already in use. The results, while not exhaustive, may provide models for implementing turnarounds, restarts, school closure, or transformations.
Response to Intervention in Primary Grade Reading
Response to Intervention (RTI) in Primary Grade Reading is one of four sections within the newly added Data-Driven Improvement area on the Doing What Works website. The section is divided into four sub-sections: Universal Screening, Progress Monitoring and Differentiation, Systematic Skill Instruction, and Response to Intervention. Each sub-section contains a practice summary along with practical help in three tabs: Learn What Works (video interviews with nationally known research experts, key concepts, research evidence, and related links),.....
Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade
This guide, developed by a panel of experts, presents a set of evidence-based practices that teachers and other educators can use to successfully teach reading comprehension to young readers. The panel review indicates that students who read with understanding at an early age gain access to a broader range of texts, knowledge, and educational opportunities, making early reader comprehension instruction particularly critical. The guide also describes the evidence that supports the practices and gives examples of how they can be implemented in.....
NEW Practice Guides
The What Works Clearinghouse has issued two new practice guides, with practical recommendations for educators to help them address the challenges they face in their classrooms and schools. “Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through Third-Grade” recommends five specific steps that teachers, reading coaches, and principals can take to improve reading comprehension for young readers: teach students how to use reading comprehension strategies; teach students to identify and use the text’s organizational structure to.....
