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Evaluation of the University of Oxford improving numeracy and literacy programme

Evaluation of the University of Oxford improving numeracy and literacy programme: cluster randomised controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN20621819
Enrollment
60
Registered
2013-10-15
Start date
2013-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2017-02-20

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Conditions

Educational attainment Not Applicable

Interventions

Participants are randomised into one of three groups: 1. Literacy intervention: 20 schools and 800 pupils receiving the literacy programme over 12 weeks 2. Numeracy intervention: 20 schools and 800 pu

Sponsors

The Education Endowment Foundation (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Pupils aged 6 and 7 years in year 2 of infant/primary schools from the South of England

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Parental opt-out

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Total test scores from the Progress in English test (for the literacy intervention) 2. Progress in Maths test (for the numeracy intervention)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Test the impact of the interventions on pupils of differing abilities 2. Analyse the differential impact of the interventions on free school meal (FSM) and non-FSM pupils, and English as an additional language (EAL) and non-EAL pupils 3. Analyse the impact of the interventions on end of Key Stage 1 reading, writing and maths 4. Analyse the impact on specific domains of the tests where the interventions are thought to have a particular effect: specifically, ?Grammar? and ?Reading non-narrative? and ?Solving routine problems? 5. Analyse any transfer effects, testing the impact of the numeracy intervention on literacy test scores, and of the literacy intervention on numeracy test scores

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026