Lesson Study shows no impact on secondary outcomes (individual maths and reading, SPAG, science) twelve months after the programme ends¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r3 · q4
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q4 i? No impact was found on any pre-specified secondary outcome: individual KS2 maths and reading scores, SPAG scores, and science scores. → Murphy et al. 2017 q4 i? There was no indication of different impacts for schools that delivered more Lesson Study cycles. → Murphy et al. 2017 (2)

Evidence¶

Murphy et al. 2017¶

Richard Murphy, Felix Weinhardt, Gill Wyness and Heather Rolfe. (2017). Lesson Study: Evaluation report and executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581145

q4 · i? · causal · r3

Summary of the RCT's secondary outcome analyses, assessed with the same intention-to-treat methodology as the primary outcome. The report "found no impact" on any listed secondary measure for either cohort; science was cohort 1 only.

"Twelve months after the end of the Lesson Study programme, this evaluation found no impact of Lesson Study on KS2 reading and maths attainment, nor for any of the secondary outcomes (maths and reading individual scores; spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPAG) scores; and science scores)"

Murphy et al. 2017 (2)¶

Richard Murphy, Felix Weinhardt, Gill Wyness and Heather Rolfe. (2017). Lesson Study: Evaluation report and executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581145

q4 · i? · causal · r3

Dosage analysis within the same trial: the report found no indication that schools delivering more Lesson Study cycles showed different impacts on pupil outcomes.

"There was no indication of different impacts for schools that delivered more lesson study cycles."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• One year of the Edge Hill Lesson Study programme shows no evidence of improving KS2 maths and reading attainment compared to control — related
• Two years of the Lesson Study programme shows no evidence of improving KS2 maths and reading attainment compared to control — related
• The programme showed no positive effects on secondary outcomes of maths attainment and attitudes to reading, maths, music, and school — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)