This resource presents steps in an evidence-based decision-making process to collect and integrate information from multiple sources, make decisions based on that information, and plan for implementation and evaluation when considering the selection or evaluation of an intervention for an individual student or group of students. Specifically, it highlights the importance of bringing together the best available research evidence, family wisdom and values, and practitioner wisdom and values within this decision-making process.

Originally developed for use within early childhood and Part C contexts, this tool has been adapted to translate established, evidence-based processes for research and evaluation to inform decision-making into easy-to-understand and use language and processes for K-12 education and Part B administrators, teachers, and stakeholders, including parents. A companion resource, Guiding Questions: The FAIR Test, provides additional guidance for appraising evidence-based practices in terms of feasibility, acceptability, potential for impact, and relevance.

The term “evidence-based practice” in early childhood has its roots in evidence-based medicine and relies upon identifying and combining multiple sources of evidence to make decisions about services for young children and their families. The NCSI has created an interconnected suite of tools that explain the history and rationale behind using these multiple sources, where to look for evidence, and how to appraise and combine the evidence to inform the selection, implementation, and evaluation of specific practices for individuals or groups of children and families. NCSI hosted a two-part webinar series to introduce these tools and their application.
– The first webinar (2/15/19) introduces the suite of tools and considers real world questions that the tools can help answer. You can view the first webinar here.
– The second webinar (3/1/19) engages more deeply in the process of using the tools to search for evidence and combine and appraise it to make decisions about practices to implement.

This resource provides guiding questions to help you select the best intervention for your student or group of students that are feasible to implement, acceptable for stakeholders, show a potential for impact and are relevant in your context.

This resource is a companion to Three Circles of Evidence-based Decision Making to Support Students with Disabilities, which describes a process for collecting information and making decisions about interventions for students.

Please link Three Circles of Evidence-based Decision Making to Support Students with Disabilities to this page: https://ncsi.wested.org/resource/three-circles-of-evidence-based-decision-making-to-support-students-with-disabilities/

This product integrates IDEA Part B APR activities (highlighting the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP)) and general supervision activities into one easy quick reference guide. The ‘wheel’ includes annual APR deadlines, SSIP activities, and key timelines associated with the IDEA Part B grant. It may be used to assist a new Part B State Education Agency (SEA) staff to better understand the federal public reporting requirements and deadlines, along with corresponding data collection cycles.

This infographic is designed to help users understand the relationships between Implementation and Improvement Sciences by looking at their commonalities and complements.

This user guide is primarily designed to assist facilitators in developing learning sessions that support the implementation of the principles, tools, and strategies presented in the Leading by Convening suite of modules. The guide provides suggestions for how to use the modules, how to prepare for learning sessions, and includes a module outline for each of the five modules. The module outline can be used to structure the learning session. Each outline contains an overview of the module and each individual lesson, includes additional learning activities, and provides opportunities for reflection.