Find the best evidence-based interventions for your students

Putting Fractions Together

4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

Putting Fractions Together (PFT) is a computer-based educational game intervention designed to improve understanding of individual fractions and fraction addition for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students. The intervention emphasizes that both individual fractions and sums of fractions are composed of unit fractions and can be represented by concatenating them (putting them together). Students use fraction strips to create visual representations of fractions and fraction sums on a 0-1 number line, estimating their magnitudes by placing marks on the line. The game progresses through three phases using a "concreteness fading" approach: Phase 1 allows students to select and move fraction strips onto the number line; Phase 2 makes strips immovable, encouraging mental visualization; Phase 3 hides strips entirely, requiring mental representation. Students receive feedback showing correct fraction strip representations after each response. The intervention is delivered one-on-one by an experimenter and includes a tutorial followed by gameplay lasting approximately 15-21 minutes total across one or two parts.

2021

Moderate

Cost per student

$800

System for Educator Effectiveness Development (SEED)

Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

SEED is a professional development system designed to provide geographically isolated educators in rural areas with evidence-based training to improve teacher effectiveness. The program serves K-12 teachers, principals, and assistant principals across 21 schools in seven rural school districts. SEED creates evidence-based PD driven by teacher needs, delivers PD through online and blended learning formats (including Teacher Learning Communities, Professional Practice Studies, independent studies, and book studies), and provides a repository of online resources (SEED PAK) aligned with Educator Effectiveness standards. Innovation Coaches work with Content Development Teams to design courses incorporating key features of effective PD. The program requires principals and teachers to engage in identifying appropriate PD resources based on teacher evaluation results. Implementation occurs over multiple years with courses ranging from 7.5 to 15+ contact hours delivered in various formats to accommodate teacher schedules and learning preferences.

2020

Cost per student

N/A

Too Good for Drugs

3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 6th Grade

Too Good for Drugs is a character education curriculum designed to promote life skills, character values, resistance skills to negative peer influence, and resistance to the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco for elementary and middle school students. The program consists of 10 lessons at each grade level lasting 30-45 minutes per lesson, delivered through classroom discussions and structured activities centered on interactive learning and skill-building exercises. Students engage in role-play and cooperative learning games and are encouraged to apply skills to different contexts. All lessons are scripted and intended to be taught by trained teachers or program instructors. The program includes optional parental and community involvement components such as parent newsletters and interactive family materials.

2006

Cost per student

N/A

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrator Programs

9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Career and Technical Education (CTE) concentrator programs are sequences of high school courses aligned to specific career fields (such as manufacturing, education and training, finance, health sciences, etc.) that provide students with academic and technical skills to succeed in college or the workforce. A CTE concentrator is a student who completes a sequence of courses aligned to a specific career cluster—in Nebraska, three or more credits in a single career cluster; in South Dakota, at least two credits in a state-approved sequence within a single career cluster. The programs are delivered through regular high school coursework over multiple years, typically spanning grades 9-12. Students select from 16 career clusters in the National Career Clusters Framework. The intervention requires existing school infrastructure and teaching staff already in place for CTE programming.

2021

Cost per student

N/A

Accelerated College Credit Programs

9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Accelerated College Credit Programs enable high school students to earn college credits through dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, and Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Dual enrollment allows students to attend college courses taught by college faculty on campus or online. Concurrent enrollment courses are taught at the high school by high school teachers certified as adjunct faculty. AP courses are high school courses culminating in standardized exams that can earn college credit with passing scores. In Rhode Island, the state funds dual and concurrent enrollment at public colleges through the PrepareRI Dual Enrollment Fund at no cost to qualifying students. Each public college has established minimum eligibility criteria for participation.

2021

Cost per student

N/A

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentration

9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Career and Technical Education (CTE) concentration programs in Indiana and Minnesota provide high school students with pathways to postsecondary education and careers. In Indiana, concentrators complete six or more semester credits (approximately three academic years) in CTE courses within one of 64 career pathways grouped into 12 career clusters. In Minnesota, concentrators complete at least 150 hours of instruction (roughly equivalent to 2 semester credits or one full-year course) in CTE courses within one of 79 career pathways grouped into 16 career clusters and six career fields. The programs are delivered through regular high school coursework during grades 9-12. State education agencies, higher education agencies, and workforce agencies collaborate to develop CTE courses and sequences intended to improve students' college and career readiness.

2021

Cost per student

N/A

System 44

4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

System 44 is a foundational reading program for older struggling readers in Grades 4-8 who have not mastered basic phonics and decoding skills. The program combines research-based phonics instruction with adaptive technology to improve word reading accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. System 44 delivers instruction through three main components: adaptive computer software (20-25 minutes daily), teacher-led small-group instruction (25-30 minutes), and individual student practice with high-interest leveled materials (5-10 minutes whole-class). The program includes 25 series covering 160 topics across four strands: The Code (decoding), Sight Words (high frequency words), Word Strategies (syllable types and word parts), and Success (reading connected text). Students use materials including the 44Book, Decodable Digest, System 44 paperback books and audiobooks, SAM worksheets, letter tiles, flip charts, and the Sound and Articulation DVD. Teachers received initial training in September 2011, follow-up training in November 2011, and monthly coaching visits from Scholastic staff through May 2012.

2012

36 Weeks

Cost per student

N/A

G2ROW STEM: Girls and Guys Realizing Opportunities with STEM

5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

G2ROW STEM is a STEM extended learning program for high-need middle school students (grades 5-8), particularly females and minorities underrepresented in STEM careers. The program provides hands-on, project-based learning experiences through three main components: (1) Afterschool STEM Clubs meeting 2 days/week for 2 hours using Engineering Everywhere curriculum (112 contact hours annually), (2) monthly Saturday STEM sessions with 15 students per school for 5 hours (35 contact hours annually), and (3) theme-based Summer Camps for 2-3 weeks, 5 hours/day (75 contact hours annually), totaling 222 hours of STEM extended learning annually. Students work in groups of up to 30 in afterschool clubs and 15 in Saturday/summer sessions, led by two STEM teachers per school who receive professional development in Engineering Everywhere curriculum, project-based learning through Buck Institute, and ongoing support through monthly STEM professional learning communities. The program includes STEM field trips, industry partnerships, mentoring from STEM professionals and university students, and family engagement events.

2021

Moderate

7 Weeks

Cost per student

$804.89

Literacy-Infused Science Using Technology Innovation Opportunity (LISTO)

5th Grade

LISTO is a multi-year professional development and curriculum intervention for fifth-grade science teachers in predominantly low-income, rural Texas schools. The program provides standards-aligned, literacy-infused science curricula covering 25 weeks of instruction designed for 80-minute science blocks using the 5E instructional model. LISTO includes ongoing virtual professional development (VPD) sessions every two weeks, virtual mentoring and coaching (VMC) with real-time feedback via the Hoot Education platform and APEXIS hardware, and comprehensive curricular materials including lesson plans, scripts, resources, and hands-on science activity supplies. The curriculum integrates literacy skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) with science instruction through strategies like direct vocabulary instruction, strategic partner reading, graphic organizers, and technology integration via tablets. Teachers receive training on implementing research-based instructional strategies particularly effective for English learners and economically disadvantaged students.

2021

25 Weeks

Cost per student

N/A

Early Indicator and Intervention System (EIIS)

9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Early Indicator and Intervention System (EIIS), also known as early warning systems or early warning intervention and monitoring systems, is a systematic approach to preventing dropout and supporting students' on-time high school graduation. The system serves high school students in grades 9-12. EIIS enables school staff to use a frequently updated data system to identify students who do not meet on-track thresholds on indicators associated with high school graduation, such as attendance, behavior, and course performance. Districts can tailor their EIIS by defining their own on-track thresholds for each indicator. A response team made up of teachers, administrators, and counselors from the school and district meets at designated intervals throughout the school year to review the data dashboard, identify students who fall below one or more indicator thresholds, and assign individualized interventions to these students from a menu of available interventions mapped to the selected indicators. The response team monitors students' responses to interventions and modifies them as needed. In Oregon, districts implementing EIIS used a data system managed by the Willamette Education Service District.

2021

Cost per student

N/A

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