The Literacy and Morphemes programme had no significant impact on Year 2 pupils' literacy ability overall¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3 · i0 negligible
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i0 Pupils receiving the Literacy and Morphemes programme showed no significant impact on the primary literacy outcome, with a small negative effect size of -0.05 (95% CI -0.18–0.08). → Worth 2015

Evidence¶

Worth 2015¶

Worth, J., Sizmur, J., Ager, R. & Styles, B. (2015). Improving Numeracy and Literacy. Education Endowment Foundation. http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN20621819

q3 · i0 · causal · r?

Primary outcome analysis of the same cluster-randomised trial, measured on the Progress in English 7 (short form) test. The report states the literacy programme had "no significant impact on the primary literacy outcome"; the printed effect size of -0.05 is negligible. Equivalence was not tested.

"In contrast, the literacy programme had no significant impact on the primary literacy outcome, with an effect size of -0.05 (-0.18–0.08)."

Discussion¶

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