The Education Endowment Foundation Kevan Collins 26 th
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The Education Endowment Foundation Kevan Collins 26 th September 2013 info@eefoundation. org. uk www. educationendowmentfoundation. org. uk
The EEF mission To break the link between family background and educational achievement, ensuring that children from all backgrounds can fulfil their aspirations and make the most of their talents.
The attainment gap over time School readiness at age 5 Gap 18% Attainment at age 11 Gap 20% Attainment at age 16 Gap 27% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
Achieving our mission: The EEF strategy We aim to raise the attainment of children facing disadvantage by: • Building the evidence for what works in schools by identifying and rigorously evaluating evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning • Sharing the evidence with schools by providing independent and accessible information through the Teaching and Learning Toolkit • Promoting the use of evidence-based practice through our projects, events and resources such as the DIY Evaluation Guide for schools
The EEF approach Synthesise existing evidence Evaluate projects Make grants
From early development to scale-up Grant-making Evaluation ‘Product’ Identification of development & promising ‘leads’ trialling Roll-out Securing widespread Finding adoption and structures for adaptation within roll out ‘margin of fidelity’ Evaluation of impact and cost effectiveness determines which projects pass through the gate Many Projects Few Schools Many Schools
Approach to evaluation A new and robust approach to evaluation in education: • Independent evaluation All projects evaluated by a member of our panel of evaluation experts • Common outcome metrics Effect on attainment and cost—so we can compare and contrast between projects • Focus on longitudinal impact All pupils will be tracked using the National Pupil Database
Teaching and Learning Toolkit
The EEF by numbers 1, 300 £ 200 275, 000 55 schools participating in projects pupils involved in EEF projects funded to date m estimated spend over lifetime of the EEF 16 independent evaluation teams 3, 000 heads presented to since launch
For further information: www. educationendowmentfoundation. org. uk info@eefoundation. org. uk
