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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Docket ID ED2021IES0154

Request for Information on Rigorous Research on Interventions That Promote Postsecondary Success Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education.
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:

The What Works Clearinghouse, a program of the U.S.
Department of Educations Institute of Education Sciences, reviews existing research on education policies, programs, products, and practices to provide educators and other key stakeholders the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.
Through this request for information RFI, the What Works Clearinghouse seeks public input to help us find rigorous research on education practices designed to improve postsecondary student success.
DATES: We must receive your comments by December 8, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your response to this RFI through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. We will not accept submissions by postal mail, commercial mail, hand delivery, fax, or email. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies, please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the Docket ID at the top of your comments.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to submit your comments electronically. Information on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site under the FAQ tab.
Privacy Note: The Departments policy for comments received from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing in their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly available. We encourage, but
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do not require, that each respondent include his or her name, title, institution or affiliation, and the name, title, mailing and email addresses, and telephone number of a contact person for his or her institution or affiliation, if any.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Soldner, Commissioner, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance &
Evaluation Officer, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 4160, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 202027240.
Telephone: 202 2458385. Email:
Matthew.Soldner@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf TDD or a text telephone TTY, call the Federal Relay Service FRS, toll-free, at 1800877
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background A sizable number of students who enter postsecondary education with the intention of earning a certificate or degree never achieve that goal. One out of every five 18.5 percent first-time postsecondary students who entered college in 201112 with the goal of completing a bachelors degree had not earned a credential of any type completion and was no longer enrolled persistence by spring 2017. Among students who entered college in 2011
12 and had intended to earn an associate degree, the combined persistence and completion rate was even lower: nearly half 45.7 percent were no longer enrolled and had no education credential to show for their time, effort, and expense.1
There is unlikely to be a one size fits all solution to significantly improving postsecondary completion outcomes among the Nations learners, given their diversity and the diversity of institutions they attend. Instead, a variety of policies, programs, products, and practices will be needed. What should be common across all, however, is that they should be evidence-based.
The What Works Clearinghouse WWC, a program of the U.S.
Department of Educations Institute of Education Sciences, reviews existing education research to provide educators and other key stakeholders information they can use to make evidence-based decisions. Specifically, the WWC
1 See Table 1.1C in Web TablesA 2017 Followup: Six-Year Persistence and Attainment at Any Institution for 201112 First-Time Postsecondary Students NCES 2020238. https nces.ed.gov/
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reviews causal impact studies; that is, research evaluating the efficacy of interventionspolicies, programs, products, or practiceson outcomes of interest.
Since 2012, the WWC has sought to increase the number of causal impact studies it has reviewed that are relevant to postsecondary educators, policymakers, and administrators. To date, this includes more than 930
individual studies.2 In that same time, the WWC has tripled the number of systematic reviews it conducts of specific branded and non-branded interventions Intervention Reports 3
and expanded its portfolio of postsecondary-focused Practice Guides,4
publications that present specific, evidence-based recommendations for educators to improve their practice.
Despite the growth in its postsecondary-focused resources, the Department believes there may be existing causal impact research specifically relevant to improving postsecondary completion outcomes among the Nations learners that the WWC has not yet reviewed. As such, we seek public comment to assist us in identifying relevant research. We are particularly interested in research that focuses on policies, programs, products, and practices that improve postsecondary success and can be implemented by postsecondary systems and/or institutions, working either in their own settings or in other settings e.g., high schools in partnership with other education stakeholders e.g., local or State educational agencies.
This is a request for information only.
This RFI is not a request for proposals RFP or a promise to issue an RFP or a notice inviting applications. This RFI
does not commit the Department to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, we are not seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. The Department will not pay for any information or administrative costs that you may incur in responding to this RFI. The documents and information submitted in response to this RFI will not be returned.
We will review every comment, and, as described above, electronic comments in response to this RFI will be publicly available on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 2 See https go.usa.gov/xMsKy to see individual studies reviewed by the WWC in the postsecondary topic area.
3 See https go.usa.gov/xMsKM to see WWC
Intervention Reports in the postsecondary topic area.
4 See https go.usa.gov/xMsKz to see WWC
Practice Guides in the postsecondary topic area.

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