Evaluation of Unitas: TextNow Transition Programme
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Improving reading outcomesNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN42656431
- Lead Sponsor
- Queen's University Belfast (UK)
- Brief Summary
2019 results in: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Publications/EEF_Research_Papers/Evaluation_Reports/Campaigns/Evaluation_Reports/EEF_Project_Report_TextNow.pdf
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 600
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
Pupils with assessed difficulty likely to achieve at or lower than level 2
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 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<br> 2. KS2 results (standardised national school literacy assessment) will act as a pre-test measure.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 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.