Reading Not Applicable Reading
Conditions
Interventions
Multisite CRT with three levels (school, TA and pupil). Randomisation took place at school level. A total of 79 schools were randomised within five geographical hub areas. 40 were allocated to the int
geographical hub area and KS1 reading score. The first stratifying variable was geographical region, the five categories are 1) Yorkshire and Humber (North) 2) Yorkshire and Humber (South) 3) North Ea
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Schools in the North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humber and Lincolnshire regions of England.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Schools outside of travelling distance of the training locations 2. Pupils with no KS1 baseline data
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reading comprehension measured using the GL New Group Reading Test (NGRT), a well-established, multiple-choice test for pupils aged 6 - 16. The digital adaptive version of this test will be used. Baseline tests taken during May 2019 (KS1 Reading). Outcome tests conducted as the pupils are toward the end of Y3 (May-July 2020). Added 17/12/2020: The outcome testing period was delayed until November 2020 due to COVID-19. Some participating schools reported difficulty in supporting pupils to complete the testing before Christmas due to absences and hygiene protocols, so it was agreed that testing would continue into January 2021. The NGRT was the original choice for primary outcome measure. Pilot testing during late 2019 showed that this test was not ideally suited to the programme, and it was agreed that the Reading Comprehension subtest of the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (3rd edition for teachers) would become the primary measure. Data was collected from November 2020, with test administrators employed by the evaluation team testing pupils over video calls. Participating pupils were in Y4 by this time, and began the test at the starting point for age 8. The test is scored on a scale from 0-42. The baseline measure remains KS1 Reading. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Tests conducted as the pupils are toward the end of Y3 (May-July 2020): 1. Word recognition/decoding measured using the GL Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Processes (DTWRP). This has three sets of items that pupils read aloud, 1) 30 exception words which provide a measure of lexical-semantic processes 2) 30 non-words which provide a measure of phonological recoding processes 3) 30 regular words which can be read by either process. 2. Language comprehension measured using the Understanding Spoken Paragraphs subscale of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF -5). Pupils listen to short spoken passages, and after each passage orally respond to a series of comprehension questions. Added 17/12/2020: The outcome testing period was delayed until November 2020 due to COVID-19. Some participating schools reported difficulty in supporting pupils to complete the testing before Christmas due to absences and hygiene protocols, so it was agreed that testing would continue into January 2021. | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactMartin Culliney
Outcome results
None listed