New Jersey Department of Education

Choosing Evidence-Based Practices

Programs, activities, and strategies paid for with ESSA funds must be, to some extent, evidence-based.  This means that there needs to be reasonable evidence to suggest that a particular program, activity, or strategy could be successful in meeting a particular student need.

Evidence-Based Resources

• Evidence for ESSA: A Repository of Evidence-Based Programs, Activities and Strategies to Address Student Needs
• U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (IES): What Works Clearing House
• U.S. Department of Education: Guidance on Using Evidence to Strengthen Investments in Student Supports and Intervention
• Leveraging Evidence-Based Practices for Local School Improvement