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On the Validity and Sensitivity of the Phonics Screening Check: Erratum and Further Analysis
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Gilchrist, James M.; Snowling, Margaret J. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
Duff, Mengoni, Bailey and Snowling ("Journal of Research in Reading," 38: 109-123; 2015) evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of the phonics screening check against two reference standards. This report aims to correct a minor data error in the original article and to present further analysis of the data. The methods used are…
Descriptors: Phonics, Screening Tests, Reading Tests, Comparative Analysis
The Importance of Process Evaluation for Randomised Control Trials in Education
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Siddiqui, Nadia; Gorard, Stephen; See, Beng Huat – Educational Research, 2018
Background: Educational interventions are often complex, and their outcomes could be due to factors not focused on in the impact evaluation. Therefore, educational evaluations using a randomised control trial (RCT) design approach need to go beyond obtaining the impact results alone. Purpose: Process evaluation is embedded in the evaluation design…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Educational Research, Disadvantaged, Reading Tests
What's Hot, What's Not 2009: What Experts Say about Literacy Issues
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National Literacy Trust, 2009
In December 2008, 35 professionals from research, policy, practice and the media participated in an online survey about a range of key literacy issues. This is the second time that this annual survey has been carried out in the in UK. Participants were asked to indicate whether a certain topic was "hot" (i.e. currently a topic of debate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Surveys, Computer Mediated Communication, Literacy