sing the Craft of Writing to improve pupil attainment in schools

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Writing attainment at the end of year 5; Not Applicable; Writing attainment

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10546365
• Lead Sponsor: Education Endowment Foundation

Brief Summary

2021 Funder report results in https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Craft_of_Writing_Evaluation_Report_Final.pdf (added 13/09/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-07-25
• Study Completion: 2019-12-01
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2192

Inclusion Criteria

1. Located in the North West and North East of England (with a small number from London)
2. Agree to provide student data in order that it is possible to apply for data from the National Pupil Database
3. Identify a lead teacher from Year 5 (all children in the teacher's class will participate in the trial)
4. Cooperate with the project and evaluation teams during the trial (further details of these requirements are outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding with Schools)

Where possible it will aim to recruit schools that have larger populations of individuals receiving Free School Meals (FSM) than the national average of 15.3 per cent of pupils aged 5-10 (DfE, 2016).

Exclusion Criteria

Parents may choose for their child to not participate in the study; their data will not be collected or processed.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Writing attainment, assessed using the Writing Assessment Measure (WAM) at the end of the Year 5 school year in 2019.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Writing self-efficacy, assessed using the Self-Efficacy for Writing Scale (SEWS) (adapted to ensure age appropriateness) at the end of the Year 5 school year in 2019.