No evidence of improved outcomes for pupils eligible for free school meals¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The null result held for the subgroup of pupils eligible for free school meals as well as for all pupils in Years 3 to 6. → Husain et al. 2016

Evidence¶

Husain et al. 2016¶

Fatima Husain, Nico Jabin, Sarah Haywood, Adetayo Kasim, Jonathan Paylor. (2016). Parent Academy: Evaluation report and executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN42518213

q3 · i? · causal · r3

Subgroup analysis of the randomised controlled trial, carried out by running the primary analysis using only FSM-eligible pupils. The quote confirms the near-zero estimated impacts applied to this disadvantaged subgroup as well as to the full sample.

"This is true for the group of all pupils in Years 3 to 6 and for pupils eligible for free school meals."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Socioeconomic Status — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group

Related Claims¶

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• Passive dissemination showed no evidence of improving literacy attainment for the subgroup of pupils who have ever been eligible for free school meals — related
• FSM-eligible pupils made around five additional months' progress under TDTS (effect size +0.38), though this finding has lower security — reports the opposite
• Subgroup analyses by gender, ethnicity, free school meal status and baseline ability all showed point estimates near zero with wide confidence intervals. — related
• The intervention showed no evidence of differentially benefiting pupils eligible for free school meals in any of the schools — related
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• Ever-FSM-eligible children in FLL classes made an estimated 2 months' fewer progress than other ever-eligible children, with very low confidence — related