Evidence-Based Practice
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Evidence-Based Practice topic editor:
Sue Goode
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Recent federal legislation has focused on the importance of building a strong base of scientific evidence to inform educational policy and practice. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) was established within the U.S. Department of Education in 2002 to provide rigorous evidence on which to ground education practice and policy. IES encompasses the following national centers:
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE)
- National Center for Education Research (NCER)
- National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER)
What is evidence-based practice?
NECTAC has compiled a list of selected resources on Defining, Understanding, and Implementing Evidence-Based Practice. Links are provided for those materials that are freely available full-text online. We created this list using a reference-sharing program (refworks), which allows you to sort, search for and export references. It also allows you to create APA-style bibliographies. If you have questions about how this works or how the information displays, please contact Sue Goode.
Where do you find early childhood evidence-based practices?
The resources below provide information on evidence-based practices in areas specific to early childhood care and education, professional development, early intervention and early childhood special education (EI/ECSE).
Multiple Early Childhood Topics
- Best Evidence Encyclopedia (BEE) - John Hopkins University, School of Education - see their review of Effective Early Childhood Education Programs
- Center on Instruction (COI) - Early Learning Resources
- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University - see their Reports and Working Papers
- Center on Evidenced-Based Practices (Funded by OSEP, 2001-2006) - see their Research and Training Center (RTC) on Early Childhood Development. All of their materials are available from the Winterberry Press, including research syntheses and more.
- Child Trends - see their LINKS database (Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully) - programs that work (or don't work) to improve outcomes for children at every stage of development.
- Council for Exceptional Children, Division for Early Childhood (DEC) - see their Position/Concept Papers and Recommended Practices
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) - see their Position Statements
- National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE)
- Promising Practices Network - see their Programs that Work section on Early Childhood
- What Works Clearinghouse - see the sections on Early Childhood Education and Special Needs.
Autism
- National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders (Funded by OSEP, 2007-2012) - see their resources on Evidence-based Practices
- National Standards Project convened by the National Autism Center - see their Findings and Conclusions (2009)
Early Child Identification
- Tracking, Referral and Assessment Center for Excellence (TRACE) (Funded by OSEP, 2002-2007)
Early Childhood Transition
- National Early Childhood Transition Center (NECTC) (Funded by OSEP, 2002-2007)
Early Literacy
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Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel, A
Scientific Synthesis of Early Literacy Development and Implications
for Intervention - Executive Summary (2008).
(PDF: 681kb)
- Center for Early Literacy Learning (Funded by OSEP, 2006-2011)
- Reading Rockets - Launching Young Readers (Funded by OSEP, 2008-2011)
Home Visiting
- Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting - Home Visiting Models (Children's Bureau)
Inclusion
- National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) (Funded by OSEP, 2006-2011)
Professional Development
- CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge (Funded by OSEP, 2008-2012)
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Characteristics and Consequences of Adult Learning Strategies.
Trivette, C., Dunst, C., Hamby, D., & O'Herin, C. (2009).
Research Brief 3(1), Tots 'n Tech Research Institute.
(PDF: 484kb)
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Professional In-service Training.
Trivette, C., & Dunst, C. (2009). Presentation made at the
OSEP Project Directors’
Conference, July 23, 2009, Washington, DC
(PPT: 1064kb)
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Participatory Adult Learning Professional Development Strategy: Evidence and Examples.
Trivette, C.(2009). Presentation made at the Ninth National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute, FPG
Child Development Institute, Chapel Hill, NC, July 15, 2009 (PPT: 1536kb)
School Readiness
- Promising Practices Network - see their Programs that Work section on Children Ready for School.
- Effects of Preschool Curriculum Programs on School Readiness: Report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Initiative (July 2008). Results of a study funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children
- Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention (TACSEI) (Funded by OSEP, 2008-2012)
- Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
- SAMSHA's National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices - select the 0-5 (Early childhood) age category when searching for early childhood programs and practices.
Many of our topical pages also include links to evidence-based practices related to specific Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education topics.