Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Phonics screening check evaluation: final report June 2015	Matthew Walker, Marian Sainsbury and Jack Worth	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
The pupil premium: an update July 2014	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory	Ofsted
The effects of synthetic phonics teaching on reading and spelling attainment: a seven year longitudinal study February 2005	Professor Rhona Johnston and Dr Joyce Watson	Education theory	Scottish Executive Education Department
What works clearinghouse 2002	Various authors	Education theory	Institute of Education Sciences
Supporting the attainment of disadvantaged pupils: articulating success and good practice November 2015	Shona Macleod, Caroline Sharp, Dr Daniele Bernardinelli, Amy Skipp and Professor Steve Higgins	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
Literacy and numeracy catch-up strategies 2012	Department for Education	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
PISA in practice: tackling low performance in maths; additional analysis of Pisa in England 2015	Bethan Burge and Juliet Sizmur	Education theory	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
The early catastrophe: the 30 million word gap by age 3 2003	Professor Betty Hart and Dr Todd Risley	Education theory	American Educator
What works for children and young people with literacy difficulties? The Effectiveness of Intervention Schemes 2013	Professor Greg Brooks	Education theory	Dyslexia-SpLD Trust
Mental health and behaviour in schools March 2016	Department for Education	Mental health Pastoral care and wellbeing Pupil development and support +3 more	Department for Education (DfE)
Skill formation and the economics of investing in disadvantaged children June 2006	Professor James Heckman	Early years and foundation stage Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility +2 more	Science Magazine
School and college-level strategies to raise aspirations of high-achieving, disadvantaged pupils to pursue higher education January 2014	Professor Carole Leathwood et al	Careers education Post 16 & Apprenticeships Social mobility / closing the gap +3 more	Department for Education (DfE)
Much ado about grit: a meta-analytic synthesis of grit literature May 2016	Dr Marcus Credé, Michael Tynan and Peter Harms	Character and non-cognitive development View all	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
The pupil premium: how schools are spending the funding successfully to maximise achievement February 2013	Ofsted	Education policy Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility +2 more	Ofsted
The best evidence encyclopedia 2016	Various	Education research Education theory Using education research +1 more	John Hopkins University
Parenting matters: early years and social mobility August 2011	Chris Peterson	Early years and foundation stage Parental / community engagement Social mobility / closing the gap +2 more	Centre Forum
What is effective schooling? A review of current thought and practice May 2013	Professor Jaap Scheerens	System improvement and collaboration View all	International Baccalaureate Organisation
What works best: evidence-based practices to help improve New South Wales student performance March 2015	Various	Education research International policy Performance and accountability +2 more	New South Wales Government - Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation
What works in classroom instruction August 2000	Robert J. Marzano, Barbara B. Gaddy, Ceri Dean	Education theory View all	Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)
What works in teaching maths? November 2009	Professor Robert E. Slavin, Cynthia Lake and Dr Cynthia Groff	Literacy and numeracy Science/(STEM) View all	York University

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