Event incentives significantly improved GCSE Maths attainment for pupils with low prior attainment at Key Stage 2¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3 · i0 negligible
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i0 For pupils with low prior attainment, event incentives raised GCSE Maths points scores by an estimated 0.13 standard deviations, significant at the 5% level. → Sibieta et al. 2014

Evidence¶

Sibieta et al. 2014¶

Luke Sibieta, Ellen Greaves, Barbara Sianesi. (2014). Increasing Pupil Motivation: Evaluation Report and Executive Summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581249

q3 · i0 · causal · r2

Sub-group analysis of the cluster RCT using fully-interacted linear matching for 2,619 pupils with low prior attainment (below Level 4 at Key Stage 2) in the event-incentive arm. Table 2 reports an effect size of 0.13 (0.02, 0.24), the only statistically significant attainment result in the trial. The report notes evidence ratings are not provided for sub-group analyses.

"The estimated impact for this incentive treatment is 0.13, significant at the 5% level, which is the equivalent of approximately two months’ progress, or one quarter of a grade in GCSE Maths."

Discussion¶

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