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Systematic review of the impact of arts education on the cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of school-aged children. (2015)
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See, B., & Kokotsaki, D. (2015). Systematic review of the impact of arts education on the cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of school-aged children. [No known commissioning body]

The aim of this review was to examine empirical evidence to establish whether arts participation could lead to improvements in children’s attainment at school and their wider outcomes, and to identify the arts activities with the best evidence of suc... Read More about Systematic review of the impact of arts education on the cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of school-aged children..

Evaluation of the Curriculum Centre Word and World Reading programme. (2015)
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See, B., Gorard, S., & Siddiqui, N. (2015). Evaluation of the Curriculum Centre Word and World Reading programme. [No known commissioning body]

The Word and World Reading programmeintended to improve the reading comprehension and wider literacy skills of children aged 7-9 in primary schools from low income families in England. The programme was implemented with 659 of 1,340 pupils (in 8 out... Read More about Evaluation of the Curriculum Centre Word and World Reading programme..

Evaluation of the Fresh Start: an aggregated trial. (2015)
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Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & See, B. (2015). Evaluation of the Fresh Start: an aggregated trial. [No known commissioning body]

We evaluated the impact and feasibility of Fresh Start as an intervention to help new entrants with low prior literacy, based on a randomised controlled trial conducted with 10 secondary schools in England. Fresh Start is a synthetic phonics programm... Read More about Evaluation of the Fresh Start: an aggregated trial..

Teachers’ use of research evidence in practice: a pilot study of feedback to enhance learning (2015)
Journal Article
See, B., Gorard, S., & Siddiqui, N. (2016). Teachers’ use of research evidence in practice: a pilot study of feedback to enhance learning. Educational Research, 58(1), 56-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2015.1117798

Background: There is worldwide interest in improving the effectiveness of teachers and teaching. This paper considers two strands of that interest. It revisits the impact of using enhanced feedback from teachers to pupils as a way of improving attain... Read More about Teachers’ use of research evidence in practice: a pilot study of feedback to enhance learning.

Best practice in conducting RCTs: Lessons learnt from an independent evaluation of the Response-to-Intervention programme (2015)
Journal Article
See, B., Gorard, S., & Siddiqui, N. (2015). Best practice in conducting RCTs: Lessons learnt from an independent evaluation of the Response-to-Intervention programme. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 47, 83-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2015.09.003

This paper presents the findings of the first independent UK evaluation of a large-scale randomised controlled trial of Response-to-Intervention, used as a catch-up literacy intervention. A total of 385 pupils in their final year of primary school (Y... Read More about Best practice in conducting RCTs: Lessons learnt from an independent evaluation of the Response-to-Intervention programme.

Impact of arts education on the cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of school-aged children. A review of evidence (2015)
Report
See, B., & Kokotsaki, D. (2015). Impact of arts education on the cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of school-aged children. A review of evidence. [No known commissioning body]

This literature review was commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to assess the evidence of impact of arts education on cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of children from pre-school to compulsory school age (ages 3 to 16). In thi... Read More about Impact of arts education on the cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of school-aged children. A review of evidence.

Does intervening to enhance parental involvement in education lead to better academic results for children? An extended review (2015)
Journal Article
See, B., & Gorard, S. (2015). Does intervening to enhance parental involvement in education lead to better academic results for children? An extended review. Journal of Children's Services, 10(3), 252-264. https://doi.org/10.1108/jcs-02-2015-0008

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to summarise the results of a review of the literature linking parental involvement in their child’s education to attainment at or before primary school. Design/methodology/approach – The search involved nine el... Read More about Does intervening to enhance parental involvement in education lead to better academic results for children? An extended review.

How effective is a summer school for catch-up attainment in English and maths? (2015)
Journal Article
Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & See, B. (2015). How effective is a summer school for catch-up attainment in English and maths?. International Journal of Educational Research, 73, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2015.07.003

The current study is an efficacy trial of a summer school programme, targeted at literacy and numeracy catch-up for pupils in years 5 and 6. During the summer holidays the intervention provided extra schooling in English and maths along with a wide v... Read More about How effective is a summer school for catch-up attainment in English and maths?.

Accelerated Reader as a literacy catch-up intervention during primary to secondary school transition phase (2015)
Journal Article
Siddiqui, N., Gorard, S., & See, B. (2015). Accelerated Reader as a literacy catch-up intervention during primary to secondary school transition phase. Educational Review, 68(2), 139-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2015.1067883

This paper describes an evaluation of an internet-based reading programme called Accelerated Reader (AR), which is widely used in UK schools and worldwide. AR is a whole-group reading management and monitoring programme that aims to stimulate the hab... Read More about Accelerated Reader as a literacy catch-up intervention during primary to secondary school transition phase.

The role of parents in young people’s education — a critical review of the causal evidence (2015)
Journal Article
See, B., & Gorard, S. (2015). The role of parents in young people’s education — a critical review of the causal evidence. Oxford Review of Education, 41(3), 346-366. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2015.1031648

There is currently a considerable body of research suggesting that parental involvement is linked to young people’s attainment at school. It is also generally agreed that a number of factors such as parental background, attention, warmth and parentin... Read More about The role of parents in young people’s education — a critical review of the causal evidence.

An Evaluation of the ‘Switch-on Reading’ Literacy Catch-up Programme (2014)
Journal Article
Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & See, B. (2015). An Evaluation of the ‘Switch-on Reading’ Literacy Catch-up Programme. British Educational Research Journal, 41(4), 596-612. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3157

This paper is based on one of the first completed studies funded by the Educational Endowment Foundation (EEF). EEF was set up in response to repeated demands for clearer evidence on school improvement. The paper presents the results of an intensive... Read More about An Evaluation of the ‘Switch-on Reading’ Literacy Catch-up Programme.

Is a summer school programme a promising intervention in preparation for transition from primary to secondary school? (2014)
Journal Article
Siddiqui, N., Gorard, S., & See, B. (2014). Is a summer school programme a promising intervention in preparation for transition from primary to secondary school?. International Education Studies, 7(7), 125-135. https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v7n7p125

In England, some children have not reached what are considered to be expected levels in literacy and maths by the time they move from primary to secondary school. This is more likely for children living in disadvantaged areas. One proposal to address... Read More about Is a summer school programme a promising intervention in preparation for transition from primary to secondary school?.

Improving Literacy in the Transition Period: A Review of the Existing Evidence on What Works (2014)
Journal Article
See, B., & Gorard, S. (2014). Improving Literacy in the Transition Period: A Review of the Existing Evidence on What Works. British journal of education, society & behavioural science, 4(6), 739-754. https://doi.org/10.9734/bjesbs/2014/8417

Background: The transition from primary to secondary schools in England is marked by a concern over potential learning loss, and the realisation that a small number of students have not reached an expected or threshold level of literacy. The latter c... Read More about Improving Literacy in the Transition Period: A Review of the Existing Evidence on What Works.

A Randomised Controlled Trial (or ‘Fair Test’): Evaluating an Educational Innovation. (2013)
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Gorard, S., See, B., & Siddiqui, N. (2013). A Randomised Controlled Trial (or ‘Fair Test’): Evaluating an Educational Innovation. [[Media unknown]]

This case describes a current evaluation of an educational intervention to help disadvantaged children catch up in literacy at around the time they transfer to their senior school. The evaluation is based on a randomised controlled trial design, whic... Read More about A Randomised Controlled Trial (or ‘Fair Test’): Evaluating an Educational Innovation..