Teaching writing Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Schools are randomly allocated to intervention or control conditions. Randomization will be at the school-level to reduce the possibilities of diffusion which could occur with an in-school design. Sch
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Eligible schools will not have taken part in the previous Grammar for Writing trial or have implemented the programme previously 2. All Year 6 teachers and Year 6 pupils in eligible schools 3. Half of schools will be from the North East and the other half will come from across the rest of England 4. There will be a high proportion of disadvantaged schools (on average 29% EverFSM as defined in the National Pupil Database)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Although they do not have to be two-form entry, very small schools (fewer than 20 Year 6 pupils) will be kept to a minimum 2. Schools who have implemented the programme previously 3. Parental opt-out for use of pupil data
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Combined results of two tasks from past Key Stage 2 (KS2) writing assessments (pre-2013) independently administered to children in Year 6 classes in evaluation schools by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) in June 2017 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Year 6 children's Key Stage 2 assessment scores on each element of literacy (writing; reading; grammar, punctuation and spelling) in Summer 2017. This data is collected nationally and will be accessed through the National Pupil Database | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed