Small group teaching assistance for literacy Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Students in treatment schools will be randomly assigned to one of 3 groups:
1. Support from small group teaching assistance for literacy using a computer programme
2. Support from small group teaching assistance for literacy using other methods
3. No additional support other than the normal (“business as usual" control group)
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Coventry University will attempt to recruit 60 primary schools in Birmingham, Coventry, Warwickshire, Worcester and Solihull All students in Year 1 in participating schools are part of the study group (except where parents have signed the opt-out consent form)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Students whose parents sign opt-out consent forms
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| General reading ability, as measured by progress on the PIRA assessment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Word reading (Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Performance) 2. Receptive vocabulary (the British Picture Vocabulary Scales 3) 3. Phonological and letter sounds skills (using selected subtests from the Primary Inventory of Phonological Awareness). 4. Additional secondary outcomes will be KS1 reading and writing one year later | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed