Evidenced Based Interventions Database
Ask A REL is a collaborative reference desk service provided by the ten regional educational laboratories (REL) that by design, functions much in the same way as a technical reference library. It provides references, referrals, and brief responses in the form of citations on research based education questions.
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Types of Evidence-based Interventions Defined in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Strong Evidence |
Moderate Evidence |
Promising Evidence |
Demonstrates a Rationale |
Supported by at least one randomized study |
Supported by at least one quasi-experimental study |
Supported by at least one correlational study |
Supported by programs with a rationale based on high-quality research or a positive evaluation that are likely to improve student or other relevant outcomes and that are undergoing evaluation; supported by a logic model |
Utilizing Federal Funding Sources to Support Evidence Based Practices
Federal Funding Source |
Level of Evidence Required |
Title I, Part A 1003 funds |
Interventions applied under Title I, Part A Section 1003 (School Improvement) are required to have strong, moderate, or promising evidence to support them. |
IDEA* |
Interventions can fall into any of the four categories. |
All other federal programs under Titles I–V; Homeless Education |
Interventions can fall into any of the four categories. |
Federal programs being consolidated with other federal, state, and local funds in a Title I school level schoolwide program |
Federal funds consolidated in this manner at the school level lose their identity and, therefore, interventions will not require documentation of an evidence-based intervention. |
*Also applies to entities that LEAs support with federal funds (N&D residential facilities with schools onsite, GNETS, private school equitable services, etc.)