Pupils who participated in ReflectED made an average of two months' less progress in reading compared to pupils who did not¶

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q3 i? All pupils who participated in ReflectED made two fewer months' progress in reading and developed a slightly less positive attitude towards reading compared to the control group. → Motteram et al. 2016

Evidence¶

Motteram et al. 2016¶

Gary Motteram, Sophina Choudry, Afroditi Kalambouka, Graeme Hutcheson and Amanda Barton. (2016). ReflectED: Evaluation report and executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Projects/EEF_Project_Protocol_ReflectED.pdf

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Secondary outcome from the same class-randomised trial, measured with standardised InCAS reading scores. The executive summary table reports an effect size of -0.15 (-0.59, 0.29) for reading, equivalent to "-2 months"; the confidence interval crosses zero.

"All pupils who participated in ReflectED made two fewer months' progress in reading and developed a slightly less positive attitude towards reading compared to the control group."

Discussion¶

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