STEM knowledge Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Schools agreeing to take part in the trial will invite eligible students, whose parents have not opted them out, to express an interest in taking part. It is a two-arm cluster (school-level) randomise
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: A school is eligible to take part in the trial if: 1. Its proportion of pupils eligible for everFSM is at least as high as the England average 2. It has not participated in CREST Bronze, Silver or Gold in the academic year prior to the intervention (i.e. in 2016/17) 3. It is not in special measures 4. It agrees not to take part in CREST or Go4Set (a 10 week STEM project that incorporates CREST) with the same pupils if they are assigned to the control condition, if possible until the end of the GCSEs 5. It can recruit between six and 35 pupils, of whom 25% should be eligible for free school meals (under the everFSM category)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: All schools signed up to the trial will formalise their participation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). As part of this they are agreeing that they can meet the eligibility criteria set out above. Before schools invite eligible pupils to express an interest in taking part (via the online pupil survey) they must conduct a parental/carer opt out exercise. Any opted out pupils will be excluded, but there are no characteristics as such that would otherwise exclude eligible pupils from taking part.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Science knowledge, measured using GL’s Progress Test in Science. It is an adaptive assessment covering physics, chemistry, biology and curriculum knowledge as well as knowledge of concepts that relate to working scientifically. This will be administered in May – June 2018 to all pupils that signed up. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. GCSE science results, obtained from NPD after the end of Year 11 (January - March 2021) 2. Other secondary outcome measures will assess soft outcomes; this data will be collected through standardised measures in a pupil survey administered before and after the intervention. The soft outcomes of interest include: 2.1. Confidence 2.2. Attitudes to school 2.3. Young people’s self-efficacy in science 2.4. Young people’s future aspirations in science | — |
Countries
Albania
Contacts
Public ContactMargaret Anderson
Outcome results
None listed