Top-rated programmes
Moderately Strong Evidence of Effectiveness
5-9 qualifying studies, with at least 3 rated “conclusive,” and 51% to 75% of outcomes significantly positive, with an overall mean effect size of at least +0.15.
Available in the UK
Success for All |
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| Instructional practices and procedures that focus on co-operative learning and aligned professional development and materials. | |
| Available in UK | Yes |
| Contact/ Website | www.successforall.org.uk (Product training provided) |
Not available in the UK
Direct Instruction |
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| Focuses on accelerating pupil performance using interactive, systematic, and explicit instruction, supported by a system of data analysis and problem solving tightly linked to instruction. | |
| Available in UK | No |
| Contact/ Website | US website: www.nifdi.org US contact: kengel@nifdi.org |
Moderate Evidence of Effectiveness
2-4 qualifying studies, with at least 1 rated “conclusive,” and 26% to 50% of outcomes significantly positive, with an overall mean effect size of at least +0.15.
Available in the UK
School Renaissance |
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| Provides professional development opportunities, organization and management solutions, technical assistance, strategies for parental involvement, and a plan for annual evaluation. | |
| Available in UK | Yes |
| Contact/ Website | www.renlearn.co.uk (Product training available) |
Not available in the UK
Accelerated Schools Plus |
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| Uses a transformation process that emphasizes placing school governance and decision making in the hands of school staff, parents, and pupils, so they can take responsibility for their own school culture and practices. | |
| Available in UK | No |
| Contact/ Website | US website: www.acceleratedschools.net |
America’s Choice |
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| Learning focused on all pupils reaching standards, varying only the time and resources needed, using prevention, early intervention, and acceleration strategies. | |
| Available in UK | No |
| Contact/ Website | US website: www.ncee.org |
Core Knowledge |
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| Provides teachers with a set of specific topics that can be taught in language arts, geography, mathematics, science, and the fine arts. The content is presented in an academic year-by-year sequence in order to prevent repetition or gaps. | |
| Available in UK | No |
| Contact/ Website | US website: www.coreknowledge.org US contact: coreknow@coreknowledge.org |
Literacy Collaborative |
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| Professional development model that presents a comprehensive school-wide approach to literacy development, and includes capacity-building through a school-based literacy co-ordinator. | |
| Available in UK | No |
| Contact/ Website | US website: www.lcosu.org |
National Writing Project |
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| Professional development programme which provides teachers with comprehensive instruction in methodologies for the teaching of writing, and the use of writing as a learning tool across the curriculum. | |
| Available in UK | No |
| Contact/ Website | US website: www.nwp.org |
School Development Program |
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| Offers a structure and process for mobilising teachers, administrators, and community members to support pupils’ along six developmental pathways: physical, cognitive, psychological, language, social, and ethical. | |
| Available in UK | No |
| Contact/ Website | US website: www.schooldevelopmentprogram.org US contact: schooldevelopmentprogram@yale.edu |
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