Early years literacy, with a focus on exception words Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Eligible schools are state-funded schools based in the Greater London area, England, UK. Those schools with larger numbers of free school meals pupils will be prioritised in recruitment. All teachers
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children attending Reception class during the academic year 2020/2021 at participating schools in the Greater London area, England, UK
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Where a child does not participate in Reception year phonics teaching 2. Where teaching staff or parents/guardians believe that a child's participation in the assessment will cause unnecessary distress or unsuitable data, e.g. where a child is diagnosed with a learning difficulty which means that the tasks in the assessment are unsuitable for their current level of learning 3. Where a parent has requested to withdraw their child's data from the trial. The child will still receive the same intervention/control phonics teaching as those participating in the study but their data will not be collected through assessment or will be excluded where an assessment has already taken place
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Word reading measured by the York Assessment for Reading Comprehension Test: early word recognition subscales at baseline and 8 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Literacy measured by the York Assessment for Reading Comprehension Test full score comprising all four subscales measured at 8 months (letter sound knowledge and early word recognition subscales also measured at baseline) 2. Set for variability measured by the Mispronunciation Communication Test at 8 months 3. Phonics knowledge measured by the National Phonics screening test at the end of Year 1 (at 20 months) | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactAnneka Dawson
Outcome results
None listed