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What Works Clearinghouse

The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) was established in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to provide educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education to improve student outcomes. Education decisionmakers confront differing messages from high-quality research and from promotional claims. The WWC was charged to develop and establish WWC Study Evidence Standards and a systematic review system. The goal was to promote informed education decisionmaking through a web-based dissemination system that features comprehensive, systematic, high-quality reviews of studies on the effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies).

In partnership with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR), SRI will lead research reviews and the development of “practice guides” that are relevant to students with disabilities. The first such practice guide involves recommendations for effectively addressing elementary school students’ behavior issues. SRI staff also will facilitate the deliberations of a working group on evidence standards for single-case research designs.

(U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, 2007-2012)

Key Staff

Project Co-Directors: Jose Blackorby, Ellen Schiller

Staff: Stacie Cherner, Harold Javitz, Sangeeta Mallik, Camille Marder, Debra Shaver, W. Carl Sumi, Patrick Thornton, Ascencion Villanueva, Mary Wagner, Xin Wei, Michelle Woodbridge, Jennifer Yu