SPOKES showed a positive effect on Key Stage 1 teacher-based literacy measures, an outcome not pre-specified in the trial protocol¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? A positive effect was found on KS1 teacher-based literacy measures for cohorts one and two, though these were not pre-specified outcome measures. → Tracey 2016

Evidence¶

Tracey 2016¶

Tracey, L., Chambers, B., Bywater, T., & Elliott, L. (2016). SPOKES Evaluation report and executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581435

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Post-hoc analysis of Key Stage 1 national teacher-assessed reading and writing results from the National Pupil Database for cohorts one and two; the report calls this analysis promising and says the positive results warrant future research.

"A positive effect for SPOKES was found on KS1 teacher-based literacy measures; these, however, were not pre-specified as outcome measures."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The two interventions showed no significant transfer effects across domains and no significant impact on Key Stage 1 attainment — reports the opposite
• For children eligible for free school meals, SPOKES showed no evidence of an impact on literacy or social and emotional outcomes — related
• Neither intervention had a significant impact on the FSM pupil sub-group, though the literacy intervention showed a significant positive interaction with FSM status — related