about the project

The Doing What Works (DWW) website helps educators make research-based plans and implement those plans effectively. The website offers educators "practices in action" — examples of schools from across the country that are implementing research-based practices in a variety of settings. More than just a conceptual guide, this website gives educators tools and multimedia presentations of these practices and describes key actions to implement them, including:

• Stories, interviews, and media pieces that bring the practices to life.
• Examples, materials, and links to resources keyed to the practices.
• Tools educators can download and customize for use in their own settings.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the DWW website was developed by WestEd's Innovation Studies Program in partnership with American Institutes for Research and RMC Research Corporation. The website's content is derived from research reviews by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and is designed to complement the What Works Clearinghouse, Practice Guides, and other IES products.

The DWW website launched in Fall 2007, with new content added monthly in overarching areas, including literacy, high school reform, school restructuring, and mathematics.