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Properties of commercial tests in the EEF
Study analysing some of the properties of major commercial assessments used by the EEF in large trials
Education Endowment Foundation:Methodological research and innovations
Methodological research and innovations
Read our suite of papers on a range of topics relevant to researchers.
This page is a collection of open access methodological research papers and investigations into innovative evaluation designs relevant to EEF evaluations and the wider research community. Not all the papers published in this series are externally peer-reviewed.
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Guidance for evaluators and funders on using GCSE performance as an outcome measure
Guidance for the planning stage of trials, for which the primary outcome measure being considered is attainment at GCSE
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The effects of using examination grade as a primary outcome in education trials to evaluate school-based interventions
Assesses the impact of using GCSE grades as a primary outcome in trials, compared to using marks.
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GCSE science as an outcome measure: the capacity of the Deeper Thinking intervention to improve GCSE science grades
Assesses the capacity of the Deeper Thinking intervention to improve GCSE science grades
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Improving power calculations in educational trials
Study investigating parameters commonly used for statistical power and sample size calculations.
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Does the classroom level matter in the design of educational trials? A theoretical & empirical review
Examines whether the classroom level matters in the design of educational trials
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Standard Deviation as an outcome on interventions: a methodological investigation
Analyses using standard deviation as an outcome on interventions
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Assessment of changes to the membership of mathematics classes around Year 9, 10 and 11
Addressing the knowledge deficit around changes in class membership and consequences for trial design and data analysis.
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Education Data Service pilot
Pilot aiming to test the feasibility of providing an Education Data Service (EDS)
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Can we replicate the findings of EEF trials using school level comparative interrupted time series evaluations? Non-technical report
Focuses on whether one particular non-experimental method can reproduce the results from experimental evaluations
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Evaluation of Complex Whole-School Interventions: Methodological and Practical Considerations
Key messages for EEF evaluators on how to get the most out of evaluations of complex whole-school interventions
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Teachers’ engagement with research: what do we know? A research briefing
Summarises findings from a nationally representative survey of schools and teachers
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Measuring Teachers’ Research Engagement: Finding from a pilot study
Presents findings from a survey co-developed by the EEF and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
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Developing a behavioural approach to knowledge mobilisation: Reflections for the What Works Network
Works Network Strategic Fund project aiming to develop and pilot an approach to mobilising research evidence