Independent evaluation of the Discover Children’s Story Centre summer writing programme

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Not Applicable; Education ?primary and secondary schools

• Registration Number: ISRCTN45473011
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of York (UK)

Brief Summary

1. 2014 results in https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Projects/Evaluation_Reports/Campaigns/Evaluation_Reports/EEF_Project_Report_DiscoverSummerSchool.pdf (added 22/01/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-06-04
• Study Completion: 2013-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 11 February 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 250

Inclusion Criteria

1. Secondary schools will be eligible to participate if they are willing to liaise with feeder primary schools to identify eligible pupils that will attend in Year 7 and if they are willing to undertake all related research procedures.
2. Primary schools will be eligible if they are willing to undertake all related research procedures and are identified as feeder schools to the participating secondary schools.
3. Eligible pupils will include:
3.1. Those in participating schools
3.2. Year 6 pupils in the 2012/13 school academic year
3.3. Those predicted to achieve between Level 3c and Level 4c in KS2 English, based on the teacher assessments

Exclusion Criteria

Pupils, primary and secondary schools NOT meeting the inclusion criteria will be excluded

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Children?s combined scores on the two writing tasks of the GL Assessment ?Progress in English? 11 (Long Form)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Children?s scores on the reading, spelling and grammar components of the GL Assessment ?Progress in English? 11 (Long Form)