Evidence for ESSA

The Evidence for ESSA video series is meant for people interested in reviewing evidence for instructional materials or programs based on ESSA guidance. These videos will walk you through initial screening, study characteristics (how to know if a study is well-designed and well-implemented), and determining study outcomes. It will cover several topics pertaining to ESSA levels of evidence, including how to search for studies that have been ESSA reviewed, types of research designs, confounding factors, and statistical significance, among other topics. Each video will cover one topic in detail and can be viewed in any order. The examples in the videos are drawn from math and reading reviews, but the principles apply to any subject area.

 

Video 1: What is ESSA?

 

Video 2: What is WWC?

 

Video 3: Variables

 

A-ROI Learning

The return on investment learning series will deliver content in three sessions. The first session will introduce the concepts of academic return on investment (A-ROI) and cost-benefit analysis and will explain how A-ROI is helpful to a school district’s budget process. The second session will go over the key steps of the A-ROI process and will cover developing a school district’s theory of action to provide actionable guidance to the budget process in terms of allocating available resources. The third session will be a hands-on exercise where we apply a district’s theory of action, context, and A-ROI to determine how to allocate the balance of ESSER funds to meet the district’s needs in 2024-2025.

Session 1

Resources

• Evidence-Based Repositories
  • What Works Clearinghouse
  • Evidence for ESSA
  • EdReports
  • Professional Learning Partner Guide
  • Visible Learning Meta^X
• A-ROI Teaming Note Taker
• A-ROI Data Template

Session 2

Resources

• Problem Statement & District Strategy Template 
• Logic Model Template

Session 3

Resources

• A-ROI Template R7CC
• Links to resources developed by the Office of Learning Recovery & Acceleration at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: ESSER Funding Cliff Toolkit – Google Docs
• ROI Worksheet – Google Sheets

Research Studies:

1. Summer school: Learning from Summer: Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth | RAND
2. High-dosage tutoring: The Impressive Effects of Tutoring on PreK-12 Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence | NBER
3. Converting effect sizes from standard deviations to percentile points: Multiply by 37: A Surprisingly Accurate Rule of Thumb for Converting Effect Sizes from Standard Deviations to Percentile Points
4. A recent report profiling three high-quality tutoring models: Learning Curve – Lessons From the Tutoring Revolution in Public Education | FutureED