Literacy education Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Children allocated to intervention or control on a school basis.
Parents of intervention children to receive the SPOKES programme. Parents of control children to receive a bag of children's books.
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents of Year 1 children who have been identified as having early difficulties in their literacy learning using the previous year’s teacher-completed Early Years Foundation Profile 5+ 2. Parents have agreed to (and are able to) participate in the programme if they are selected.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Parents who had already attended the programme or been previously included in the trial 2. Parents whose children match the eligibility criteria but whose parents do not wish to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcomes are related to literacy achievements. 1. Pre-test, the British Picture Vocabulary Scale II (BPVS) (Dunn, Dunn & NfERNelson, 1997), an individually-administered, norm-referenced test of receptive vocabulary for Standard English. 2. Post-tests: Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests – Revised/ Normative Update (WRMT-R/ NU) (Woodcock, 1998) containing individually administered tests of reading. Sub-tests used will measure letter awareness, word recognitions and phonological awareness. To be administered at end of programme and for selected cohorts a six-month follow-up (cohorts 1-5) and a twelve month follow-up (cohorts 1 & 2). 3. Year 1 phonics screening check, a compulsory check carried out in schools in the summer term to assess Year 1 pupils’ phonics decoding skills. To be collected through the National Pupil Database during Summer 2015. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) with impact supplement (Goodman, 1997). This is a behavioural screening questionnaire to measure children’s emotional wellbeing. 2. Parenting Young Children (PARYC) (McEachern et al., 2012), a parenting questionnaire using the subscales supporting positive behavior; proactive and positive parenting were used. Both secondary outcome measures to be collected at immediate post-test, 6 month follow-up (Cohorts 1-5) and 12 month follow-up (Cohorts 1 & 2). | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed