Small group reading intervention shown to boost pupil progress

Today, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published the report from the independent evaluation of ABRACADABRA (ABRA) and Reading and Understanding in Key Stage 1 (RUKS), a small group intervention designed to improve reading outcomes in Key Stage 1.

Findings from the trial, evaluated by the York Trials Unit, University of York and Durham University, show that the ABRA-based RUKS programme can support children to make an additional two months’ progress over the course of an academic year.

Just over 4,000 Year 1 pupils (5−6 year olds) from 157 schools across the West Midlands, East Midlands, Newcastle, Teesside and Manchester took part in this EEF-funded trial.