Improving reading outcomes Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Children in the intervention group will receive the TextNow Transition Programme, which includes the following two elements:
1. A literacy programme with mentor led 1:1 coaching sessi
and at the beginning of the first year of secondary school (for ten weeks). Mentors usually are: teachers
teaching assistants
non-teaching staff such as technicians or admin staff
parents
university students
community volunteers
or older year group pupils (usually Years 10-13). Schools are free to timetable the sessions whenever suits them best. This could be achieved through withdrawal from lessons, during registration/tutor
Sponsors
Queen's University Belfast (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Year 6 primary pupils making the transition to the 30 secondary schools 2. Only pupils identified not likely to achieve level 4, or likely to achieve a fragile level (4b or 4c), in English by the end of KS2 (by teacher assessment), as KS2 data will not be available before the project is implemented.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Pupils with assessed difficulty likely to achieve at or lower than level 2
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement in reading attitudes - Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS ? Readers and Reading: the National Report for England 2006 ?see appendix 7?) will be used as a post-test literacy attitudes measure (reading for pleasure). KS2 results (standardised national school literacy assessment) will act as a pre-test measure. | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Increases in assessed literacy ability. The New Group reading test will be used as a post-test reading ability measure. http://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/products/new-group-reading-test 2. KS2 results (standardised national school literacy assessment) will act as a pre-test measure. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed