The prototype Oracy Assessment Toolkit gave a tentative indication that the intervention positively impacted students' oracy skills¶

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q2 i? University of Cambridge testing with the prototype Oracy Assessment Toolkit provided a tentative indication of a positive impact on students' oracy skills. → Maxwell 2015

Evidence¶

Maxwell 2015¶

Maxwell, B., Burnett, C., Reidy, J., Willis, B., & Demack, S. (2015). Oracy Curriculum, Culture and Assessment Toolkit: Evaluation report and Executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581146

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The University of Cambridge used its pilot Oracy Assessment Toolkit with 12 School 21 Year 7 students and 12 comparison-school students on a pre and post basis spanning five months, comparing mean task ratings. The report calls this only "a tentative indication" of positive impact; no effect size is printed.

"However, tests undertaken by the University of Cambridge using the prototype Oracy Assessment Toolkit developed for this project provided a tentative indication that the intervention had a positive impact on students' oracy skills."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The Cambridge Oracy Assessment Toolkit was developed and validated with children and teachers in English secondary schools — related
• The oracy intervention showed no impact on Year 7 students' non-verbal reasoning skills as measured by the Raven's Progressive Matrices test — related
• Committing to oracy in every lesson gave staff and students a shared language for oracy and familiarity with talk-organising approaches — related