Stephen Morris|Robert Wishart|Fatima Husain|Lydia Marshall|Martina Vojtkova
Evaluating the effectiveness of a family literacy programme on the attainment of children with English as an additional language – a cluster randomised controlled trial
Manchester Metropolitan University|NatCen Social Research|NatCen Social Research|NatCen Social Research|NatCen Social Research
background cluster randomised controlled trial conducted test whether offer family skills programme targeted parents reception year 45 yearold pupils english additional language eal raised attainmentpurpose little existing evidence whether family literacy programmes delivered school settings effective raising attainment among pupils eal english context study seeks address gapprogramme description eleven two half hour sessions delivered school day trained trainers parents pupils eal sessions aimed enhance parents knowledge effective literacy strategiessample total 115 primary schools england recruited study school identified pupils reception year eal parents children invited take programmedesign methods twoarm parallel cluster randomised control trial conducted schools randomised intervention control conditions primary outcome measure literacy attainment evaluation also included mixed methods process evaluationresults estimated effect size primary outcome based adjusted intentiontotreat analysis full set covariates 003 95 ci 014 021 parents invited take intervention proved difficult obtain reliable measure takeupconclusions estimated effect sizes ranged 013 unadjusted analysis 003 fulladjusted analysis results reach statistical significance 95 level discuss ways intervention might improved address issue low takeup family skills