Reading outcomes Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Staff in treatment schools attend two days training in primary schools including knowledge of the alphabetic code and training on how to teach both programmes. Assessment processes to ensure children
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Schools: All schools are eligible, but the mean FSMEver of the sample should be greater than the national mean for England. The schools must be state funded, and a large (but no more than 50%) share of schools must come from the North East region of the UK. Pupils: While Read Write Inc. Phonics is delivered to all children in Reception and Year 1 and those who are assessed as needing it in Years 2 – 4, the evaluation will focus on pupils from Reception – Year 2 only. While Fresh Start targets eligible pupils in Years 5 – 8 who are below appropriate reading age, the evaluation will focus on eligible pupils from Years 5 and 6 only. The eligibility criteria for the Fresh Start programme is a school progress measure, through which the children are selected according to their reading levels. Children reading below a reading age of 9.5 years are taught Fresh Start.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Schools: non-stated funded schools Pupils: Fresh Start: Children reading above a reading age of 9.5 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Read Write Inc. Phonics: New Group Reading Test at the end of the second year (independently collected by Queens University Belfast) 2. Fresh Start: KS2 reading fine points score for Year 6 eligible students at the end of the first year of programme implementation and Year 5 eligible students at the end of the second year of programme implementation (i.e., the end of Year 6 for students who began programme in Year 5) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Read Write Inc. Phonics: teacher assessed KS1 writing at Year 2 and the teacher assessed Year 1 phonics screening check for both years of the programme aggregated 2. Fresh Start: combined KS2 writing results for Years 5 and 6 | — |
Countries
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed