Social Studies Techbook Logic Model: ESSA Evidence Level IV

Discovery Education engaged LearnPlatform by Instructure, a third-party edtech research company, to develop a logic model for Social Studies Techbook. LearnPlatform by Instructure designed the logic model to satisfy Level IV requirements (Demonstrates a Rationale) according to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

To continue building evidence of effectiveness and to examine the proposed relationships in the logic model, LearnPlatform also developed a research plan for a study to meet ESSA Level III. Specifically, this study will focus on middle school students’ use of Social Studies Techbook.

Because of the development of the logic model and the plan for an ESSA Level III study, Social Studies Techbook meets Tier IV evidence requirements in compliance with ESSA.