Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
What we have learned about class size reduction in California September 2002	Dr George W. Bohrnstedt and Brian Strecher	Education policy International policy View all	American Institutes of Research
Careers education: international literature review July 2016	Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, Dr Anthony Mann, Dr Sally-Anne Barnes, Beate Baldauf and Rachael McKeown	Careers education View all	Warwick University - Institute for Employment Research
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015 November 2016	The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement	Education research International policy Science/(STEM) +2 more	International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
Overlearning hyperstabilizes a skill by rapidly making neurochemical processing inhibitory-dominant January 2017	Kazuhisa Shibata et al.	Education research Exam techniques Learning styles and cognitive development +1 more	Nature Neuroscience
Grammar schools in England: a new approach to analysing their intakes and outcomes December 2016	Professor Stephen Gorard and Doctor Nadia Siddiqui	Education policy Education research Social mobility / closing the gap +4 more	Durham University
Multi-academy trusts February 2017	Members of the Education Select Committee	Education policy Inter-school collaboration System improvement and collaboration +2 more	House of Commons - Education Select Committee
Policy and research evidence in the reform of primary initial teacher education in England February 2017	Professor Olwen McNamara, Professor Jean Murray and Rebecca Phillips	Education policy Education research Professional development +2 more	Cambridge Primary Review Trust
Executive headship March 2017	Andy Buck, Karen Wespieser and Jennie Harland	Leadership and governance View all	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
The performance of partially selective schools in England March 2016	Karen Wespieser, Claudia Sumner, Jennifer Garry, Daniele Bernardinelli and Louis Coiffait	Education policy Education research Performance and accountability +4 more	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
The current state of scientific knowledge on pre-kindergarten effects April 2017	Pre-Kindergarten Task Force	Early years and foundation stage View all	Brookings, Duke Center of Child and Family Policy
What’s in a name? Expectations, heuristics and choice during a period of radical school reform April 2017	Professor Marco Bertoni, Professor Stephen Gibbons and Doctor Olmo Silva	Education policy View all	Centre for Economic Performance
Tech transitions: UTCs, studio schools, and technical and vocational education in England’s schools May 2017	Craig Thorley	Assessment System improvement and collaboration Technology/ICT	Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
Effective teaching 2013	Doctor James Ko and Professor Pamela Sammons	Teaching/classroom practice View all	Education Development Trust
The impact of academies on educational outcomes July 2017	Jon Andrews, et al	Schools, teaching and management UK policy View all	Education Policy Institute
The Trials of Evidence Based Education August 2017	Professor Stephen Gorard, Dr Beng Huat See, Nadia Siddiqui	Education research	Routledge
A marked improvement? A review of the evidence on written marking April 2016	Victoria Elliott, Jo Anne Baird, et al.	Schools, teaching and management	Education Endowment Foundation
A digital divide? Randomised evidence on the impact of computer-based assessment in PISA January 2018	Professor John Jerrim	Assessment System improvement and collaboration Technology/ICT +1 more	Centre for Education Economics
Education forward: moving schools into the future October 2017	Professor Guy Claxton et al (edited by David Price, OBE)	Assessment Curriculum/subject related Education theory +6 more	Crux Publishing
Putting evidence to work: a school's guide to implementation February 2018	Professor Jonathan Sharples, Bianca Albers and Stephen Fraser	Leadership and governance Schools, teaching and management System improvement and collaboration	Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Deliverology in practice: how education leaders are improving student outcomes August 2015	Sir Michael Barber, Nick Rodriguez and Ellyn Artis	Education theory	Corwin and Education Delivery Institute

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