Embedding formative assessment to improve pupil attainment: A randomised trial in schools

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Completed

• Conditions: Academic performance at age 16; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10973392
• Lead Sponsor: Education Endowment Foundation (UK)

Brief Summary

2018 Funder report results in https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/EFA_evaluation_report.pdf 2022 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1080/19345747.2021.2018746 (added 11/04/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-07-16
• Study Completion: 2017-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 29 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25393

Inclusion Criteria

The study will include secondary schools drawn from across England. Within each school, the trial will primarily focus on pupils starting Year 10 when the intervention begins. In addition, we will analyse the outcomes of those starting Year 11 when the intervention begins, as secondary outcomes. Furthermore, where possible, opt-out consent will be sought for pupils in year groups lower down the school (with the exception of the bottom year, usually Year 7, since they will not yet be in the school at time of requesting consent) in order to make it possible for longer-term impacts to be explored (although this is beyond the scope of this protocol).

In order to be considered, schools will have to agree to provide student data in order that it is possible to apply for data from the National Pupil Database, to allow CPD time for all teachers to participate in the Teaching and Learning Communities, and to cooperate with the project and evaluation teams during the trial (further details of these requirements are outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding with Schools, included with this document in Appendix E).

SSAT will advertise the trial on its website and also approach schools via its existing schools network. Where possible it will aim to recruit schools that have larger populations of individuals receiving Free School Meals.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Parents may choose to opt their pupils out of the trial; they will be excluded from all analysis.
2. Independent schools are excluded from the trial.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified