Identify interventions' components

SEER Standards

Researchers must document the components of an intervention, including its essential practices and structural elements.
Researchers must offer a clear description of how the components of an intervention are hypothesized to affect outcomes.

Researchers' analyses should explore which components are most important in achieving impact—that is, which components are core to the intervention's efficacy.

Read Developing a Core Components Nomenclature in Education: An Update on IES-funded work (2022, PDF: 598KB) to learn about IES's initial efforts to develop a common framework from which to articulate the components of interventions in various topic areas.

Blase, K. & Fixsen, D. (2013). Core intervention components: Identifying and operationalizing what makes programs work. ASPE Research Brief. Washington, DC: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Human Services Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from https://aspe.hhs.gov/report/core-intervention-components-identifying-and-operationalizing-what-makes-programs-work

Ferber, T., Wiggins, M. E., & Sileo, A. (2019). Advancing the use of core components of effective programs. Washington, DC: The Forum for Youth Investment. Retrieved from https://forumfyi.org/knowledge-center/advancing-core-components/

Last Modified: June 10, 2021