Independent Evaluation of University of Exeter'?s Grammar for Writing Programme

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Education, English writing skills; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN33012215
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of York (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-04-09
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3240

Inclusion Criteria

Primary Schools: The University of Exeter, in collaboration with the National Association of Teachers of English, will recruit appropriate schools, willing to implement the Writing for Grammar intervention if allocated to intervention and willing to undertake all related research procedures.

Pupils/Children: In participating schools 2 classes (randomised to intervention or control group) from Year 6 in 2012/2013 school academic year. Additionally, within the intervention class, teachers will identify pupils who are eligible for individual randomisation using pre-specified criteria: Year 6 pupils expected to achieve Level 3 or borderline Level 4 in English by the end of Key Stage 2.

Exclusion Criteria

Primary Schools: NOT willing to allow the random allocation of Year 6 class(es) to either intervention or comparison group, and/or NOT willing to allow randomisation of individual pupils to receive the intervention in small group/one to one or within the class, and/or NOT willing to undertake all related research procedures.

Pupils/Children: Year 6 pupils NOT in participating primary schools.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Combined Score on 2 writing tasks within the GL Assessment Progress in English 11 (Long Form) test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Scores on reading, spelling and grammar tasks within the GL Assessment Progress in English 11 (Long Form) test