Evidence-based reform in education refers to policies that enable or encourage the use of programs and practices proven to be effective in rigorous research. This article discusses the increasing role of evidence in educational policy, rapid growth in availability of proven approaches, and development of reviews of research to summarize the evidence. A highlight of evidence-based reform was the 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, which defines strong, moderate, and promising levels of evidence for educational programs and ties certain federal funding to use of proven approaches. To illustrate how coordinated use of proven approaches could substantially improve educational outcomes, the article proposes use of proven programs to populate each of Tiers 1, 2, and 3 in response to intervention policies.

基于证据的教育改革是指能够或鼓励使用在严格的研究中有效的计划和实践的政策。本文讨论了证据在教育政策中的日益重要的作用，已证明有效的方法的迅速增长以及为总结证据而进行的研究综述的发展。循证改革的一个亮点是2015年通过的《每个学生都成功法案》，该法案定义了教育计划的有力，适度和有希望的证据水平，并将某些联邦资金与行之有效的方法联系起来。为了说明如何协调使用行之有效的方法可以从根本上改善教育成果，本文建议使用行之有效的程序来根据干预政策填充第1、2和3层中的每一个。