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Evaluation of Catch Up® Literacy

Cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate Catch Up® Literacy as measured by Year 4 and Year 5 pupils' reading comprehension ability

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN11318637
Enrollment
1200
Registered
2016-12-16
Start date
2016-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-03-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Literacy Not Applicable Literacy

Interventions

Catch Up® will recruit 150 primary schools where eight pupils from Year 4 and Year 5 will be nominated to take part in the trial. Schools will be randomly allocated into the intervention group or busi
selecting an appropriate book for the learner to read
delivery of two individual (one-to-one) sessions per week, each lasting 15 minutes
and ongoing monitoring, through which assessments for learning are revisited and targets are reviewed. Business-as-usual (BaU) control group: Schools allocated to BaU

Sponsors

Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Primary schools that aren’t already running Catch Up® Literacy or Catch Up® Numeracy will be eligible to take part in the trial. Schools will select up to 12 pupils whose reading age is below their chronological age.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Primary schools that are already running Catch Up® Literacy or Catch Up® Numeracy.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Reading comprehension ability as measured by Hodder Group Reading test (HGRT)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Reading comprehension skills of Year 4 and Year 5 FSM (those eligible to receive free school meals) pupils as measured by HGRT 2. Reading skills of Year 4 and Year 5 pupils as measured by the Salford Sentence Reading Test (SSRT) and attitudes towards literacy 3. Attitudes towards school and self esteem of Year 4 and Year 5 pupils as measured by pupil surveys All these outcomes will be measured alongside the primary outcome measure in end of June/early July 2017.

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026