Early-years education Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
This is a two-arm multi-site child-level randomised controlled efficacy trial of REAL on the early literacy development of children aged 3 to 5 years old. Nurseries agreeing to participate in the tria
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The following eligibility criteria apply to nurseries: 1. Type of nursery: Only school-based nurseries will be eligible to take part. 2. Prior REAL involvement: nurseries and practitioners should not have any prior exposure to The REAL programme. 3. Availability: the school’s Early Years coordinator, in conjunction with the school headteacher, will identify one practitioner to undertake training and be able to commit a half day per week to focus on programme delivery (should the nursery be assigned to receive the intervention). All nurseries also need to have identified a key point of contact to support evaluation activities. The following eligibility criteria apply to children: 1. Aged 3-4 in August 2019. 2. Children needing additional support in early literacy based on practitioners' prior knowledge of the child and of the child’s parent(s)/carers. Practitioners will be asked to keep a record of the criteria they use to identify eligible children. After this information is collected, nurseries’ response patterns will be analysed.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Early literacy development as measured by the Preschool Early Literacy Indicators (PELI) assessment. To be collected at baseline (Sept-Oct 2019) and endline (Feb-March 2021) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Emergent writing skills measured by the Sheffield Early Literacy Development Profile (SELDP) 2. Children's home learning environment measured by a 12-item instrument proposed by Niklas et al (2014) Both to be collected at baseline (Sept-Oct 2019), and endline (Feb-March 2021) | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed