Nurseries attached to schools, located in areas of social deprivation (as identified by low Indices of Multiple Deprivation rankings) Other
Conditions
Interventions
Current interventions:
Randomisation will be implemented at the pupil level. All children with parental consent to participate will be tested before randomisation, at the post-test and at a 10-month d
parents encourage their children to take an active role in reading through linking the story to the child's interests and asking questions. Parents help the children to re-tell the story, describe wha
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Eligible nurseries must be state-funded 2. Eligible nurseries must be located in areas high scores on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation 3. Eligible nurseries must agree to the study requirements outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) 4. Eligible nurseries must agree to and sign a project-specific Data Sharing Agreement 5. Eligible children must be three or due to turn three by September 2019, and pre-registered to start nursery in September 2019 6. Eligible children must have a member of the family with a basic level of English (so must be able to access resources) 7. Eligible children cannot have (step)sibling within the same academic year 8. Eligible children cannot have suspected or diagnosed developmental or learning difficulty
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Schools who are not state-funded 2. Schools not in areas with high scores on Indices of Multiple Deprivation 3. Schools who do not agree to the Memorandum of Understanding 4. Schools who do not agree to and sign the project-specific Data Sharing Agreement 5. Children who are not three or due to turn three by September 2019, and pre-registered to start nursery in September 2019 6. Children who do not have have a member of the family with a basic level of English (so are unable to access resources) 7. Children with a (step)sibling within the same academic year 8. Children with suspected or diagnosed developmental or learning difficulty
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current primary outcome measure: Due to Covid-19, there were changes to the primary outcome measure. It was impossible to collect any primary outcome data at the post-test due to Covid-19 restrictions. Instead, the primary outcome was collected only at delayed post-test and was changed to "Language Skills assessed by the latent language variable combining 4 subscales from the LanguageScreen Assessment (Expressive Vocabulary, Receptive Vocabulary, Listening Comprehension, Sentence Repetition)" using the initially planned baseline language latent variable described below. Previous primary outcome measure: Language development assessed by the latent language variable combining Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool 2 UK (CELF- Preschool UK – sentence structure and expressive vocabulary subscales), The British Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS-3), Action Picture Test (APT) and Listening Comprehension (created by developer team). These measures will be carried out at baseline (September 2019), post-test (June/July 2020) and 10-month delayed post-test (May 2021). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current secondary outcome measure: Due to Covid-19, there were changes made to the secondary outcome measures: 1. HLE was collected at Baseline and post-test but the measure had to be adapted to be suitable to the Covid-19 context when libraries were shut. An additional measure of the HLE was added in November 2020 after the intervention was complete. 2. It was not possible to collect CELF-PreSchool-2 data at post-test or delayed post-test. Instead, we used the individual subscales of the LanguageScreen assessment (Expressive Vocabulary, Receptive Vocabulary, Listening Comprehension, Sentence Repetition) as secondary outcomes at delayed post-test only. 3. It was not possible to collect any assessment of Early Literacy Skills as face-to-face visits to settings were not possible. 4. School readiness was measured by BESSI as planned at delayed post-test. Previous secondary outcome measure: Assessments will be carried out during any of the following timepoints: Baseline (September 2019), post-test (June/July 2020) and 10 month delayed post-test (May 2021): 1. Child’s home learning environment assessed by the Home Learning Environment Index (HLE) at baseline and post-test 2. Language development measured by the CELF-PreSchool-2 at baseline, post-test and delayed post-test 3. Early literacy skills measured by letter sound knowledge, early word reading and sound deletion, taken from York Assessment for Reading Comprehension (or YARC). This will be measured at baseline, post-test and delayed post-test 4. School readiness measured by the Brief Early Skills & Support Index (BESSI) measured at delayed post-test only | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactVictoria Menzies
Outcome results
None listed