Ask Evident · Research companion
Think through the classroom question. See the source behind the suggestion.
A student needs a more accessible way to participate. You want a goal that describes what they can do. You are considering a self-check chart and want to understand the guidance before trying it.
Ask Evident is a research companion for those teaching decisions. It consults selected passages from education practice guides, explains what they support, and keeps proposed classroom applications separate from research findings.
Beta available in the US dashboard. Availability follows your school’s AI-writing setting.
Start with your question
Describe a general classroom situation and grade. Ask a follow-up or correct the context. Keep student names and identifying details out.
Inspect the evidence
Open supporting passages beside a finding or recommendation. Follow the source page, check its age range and evidence rating, and read the reuse notice.
Make the teaching decision
Adapt suggested wording yourself. If useful, continue to Evident’s chart maker or goal library. Nothing is automatically assigned to a student.
An editorial worked example
“How could I word a participation goal for fourth-grade science?”
The IES K–5 behavior guide describes opportunities to respond through gestures, actions and response cards. Its recommendation has a moderate evidence rating. That supports considering different response modes; it does not establish the best individual target or validate a new chart.
Lane et al. (2024), Recommendation 5, printed p. 47 / PDF p. 53
Possible goal wording · Evident adaptation
“During science review, I show my answer with a response card or gesture.”
The teacher and student choose the response mode, what to record and any target. The sentence is an illustrative application, not a goal tested by the source authors.
Teacher-Delivered Behavioral Interventions in Grades K–5, Kathleen Lynne Lane et al., Institute of Education Sciences / What Works Clearinghouse, 2024. Recorded reuse basis: US public domain; source notice. Selected guidance summarized and adapted by Evident. The authors and IES do not endorse Evident.
Which research does it use?
The starter beta uses 27 selected passages from three IES practice guides: K–5 classroom behavior, K–3 reading comprehension and adolescent literacy. The source register shows the authors, dates, scope, licenses and selection status. Other collected materials remain under review and are excluded from beta answers.
Is it trained on these sources?
It retrieves passages from a curated library for each question. Evident has not fine-tuned a model on these publications. The selected sources are not the whole research literature, and an answer may be incomplete or mistaken.
Can I return to an earlier conversation?
The dashboard beta includes optional private history. New chats stay unsaved until you select Save chat. After saving, follow-ups update that saved conversation; you can delete it. Unsaved chats are kept only in the open page, while requests are processed by the AI provider. Read the privacy details.
Can it diagnose a student or write their treatment plan?
It is designed for educational questions. Requests for diagnosis, treatment or medication are directed to teacher-role steps such as documenting neutral observations and bringing concerns to the school’s support team. A classroom chart cannot establish a diagnosis.
Does the research prove Evident’s charts work?
The sources inform principles such as observable expectations and appropriate self-monitoring. They do not validate Evident’s layouts, rating scales, generated goals or individual targets. Teachers review the wording, fit and recording method before use.