Examination & Reflection Resources

Finally, monitoring both the implementation of evidence-based practices and the outcomes those practices are meant to affect is critical—both to determine whether the practices are being implemented as intended and to identify whether important student outcomes are being achieved. As noted in the Department's non-regulatory guidance on Using Evidence to Strengthen Education Investments, a variety of strategies—ranging from performance monitoring to rigorous evaluation—can support program improvement and further efforts to build evidence of practices' effectiveness.

The resources below, developed by the Department or its contractors, may be valuable in monitoring the performance of evidence-based practices once implemented.

• Continuous Improvement in Education: A Toolkit for Schools and Districts, developed by EDC for IES' Regional Educational Laboratories program.
• Program Evaluation Toolkit: A Module Based Toolkit for Professional Development and Program Evaluatio, developed by Marzano Research for IES' Regional Education Laboratories program.
• Learning Before Going to Scale: An Introduction to Conducting Pilot Studies, developed by SRI International for IES' Regional Educational Laboratories program.