The research suggests that the educational trials aimed at increasing academic achievement in schools have
often identical and uninformative effects.
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Are Educational Trials for Boosting Academic Achievement in Schools Beneficial?
Trials testing new educational methods in schools
New research
published in the journal Education Researcher shows that educational
trials or academic tests aimed at increasing academic
achievement in schools are often identical and uninformative
And in the
study it has been found that in the UK and USA 40% of large-scale randomized
controlled trials (RCTs) failed to produce any evidence whether
educational interventions helped promote academic achievement or not.
Researchers
evaluated 141 tests involving more than one million students, in which the
schemes were tested whether the granting of free school breakfasts increases
grades in mathematics and English or playing chess improves numerical
skills.
The authors
of the study argue that there is an urgent need for more research to understand
why RCTs are not so often and why they are uninformative in education.
The authors
also suggest a series of changes that can make the tests and trials more
informative, in which it is considered incorporating high-standards that the
new initiative is tested.
In the
United Kingdom, Trials conducted by the charitable organization the
Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and in the United States of America,
they were carried out by the National Center for Education Evaluation and
Regional Assistance (NCEE). The trials were very expensive - their costs
are often more than £ 500,000.
Read the full article on ScienceDaily
Journal
Reference:
Educational Researcher, 2019. Rigorous
Large-Scale Educational RCTs Are Often Uninformative: Should We Be Concerned?. By Hugues
Lortie-Forgues, Matthew Inglis. DOI: 10.3102/0013189X19832850
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ScienceDaily,
15 March 2019. "Trials testing new educational methods in schools
'often fail to produce useful evidence': Educational trials aimed at boosting
academic achievement in schools are often uninformative." Link =
<www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190315110913.htm>.