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Submit a Study, Intervention, or Topic

The WWC welcomes your suggestions of interventions, studies, or topics for future study. One of our goals is to help educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public use high-quality evidence. You can support that effort by helping us identify topics for which reviews of evidence will be useful or research that you think can contribute to more effective decision-making.

What information would you like to submit to the WWC at this time?
A specific intervention (program, product, practice, or policy) whose research could be reviewed for a current or future WWC Report.
An actual study or citation of a study on the effects of one or more interventions within a current or future WWC Report topic.
A nomination for a future WWC Report topic.

The WWC is currently reviewing six topics:

  1. Interventions for Beginning Reading (Active)
    Reading interventions for students in grades K-3 (or ages 5-8) that are intended to increase skills in alphabetics (phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, print awareness, and phonics), reading fluency, comprehension (vocabulary and reading comprehension), or general reading achievement.
  2. Curriculum-Based Math Interventions
    Curriculum-based interventions outlining the fundamentals of mathematics that students should know and be able to do, including instructional programs, materials that organize the mathematical content, and assessments. Within the broad topic of math interventions, the first set of reports focuses on middle school and the second set focuses on elementary school.
  3. Interventions for Elementary School English Language Learners
    Curriculum-based interventions designed to improve the English language literacy or academic achievement of elementary school students who are English Language Learners.
  4. Interventions for Improving Preschool Children's School Readiness (Active)
    Curricula and practices designed for use in center-based settings with 3- to 5-year-old children who are not yet in kindergarten, with a primary focus on cognitive and language competencies associated with school readiness (language, literacy, math, and cognition).
  5. Interventions for Preventing High School Dropout (Active)
    Interventions designed for middle school, junior high school, or high school that aim to increase high school completion.
  6. Comprehensive Schoolwide Character Education Interventions
    Interventions that focus on developing character traits and providing comprehensive character education.

Paperwork Burden Statement
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1850-0788. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 5-30 minutes per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection.

If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to:
U.S. Department of Education,
Washington, D.C. 20202-4651.

If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form, write directly to:
What Works Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 2393
Princeton, NJ 08543-2393.