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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 9 November 2020
Main ID:  ISRCTN89620259
Date of registration: 23/06/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: The Education Endowment Foundation (UK)
Public title: Evaluation of the teacher peer observation intervention
Scientific title: Evaluation of the teacher peer observation intervention: Cluster randomised controlled trial
Date of first enrolment: 01/09/2014
Target sample size: 120
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN89620259
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Cluster randomised trial (Quality of life)  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: Anneka    Dawson
Address:  The Mere Upton Park SL1 2DQ Slough United Kingdom
Telephone: + 44 (0) 1753 637218
Email: a.dawson@nfer.ac.uk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
1. State secondary schools in England that are mixed with no boarders
2. Schools who have the top half of students eligible for free school meals (the highest percentages of FSM)
3. Students will be in year 10 and year 11
4. Schools will need to provide a list of UPNs, class lists and teacher IDs to avoid control schools resisting the data requirements after allocation
5. Headteachers will be asked to give consent on behalf of the teachers and students

Exclusion criteria: Schools in Somerset, Lancashire and Merseyside as requested by the funder

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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Educational attainment
Not Applicable
Intervention(s)

There are three levels of randomisation:
1. Schools are randomised to either intervention (55 schools) or control (65 schools continuing as normal) conditions
2. Mathematics and English departments within the intervention schools are randomised to either high dose (15-18 times a year) or low dose (6-9 times a year) of the peer observation (every school will have one low and one high observation category)
3. Teachers within the intervention schools are randomised to either be an observer, an observee or both (a third in each condition)
Primary Outcome(s)
GCSE outcomes for English and mathematics will be used to measure year 11 ability.
Secondary Outcome(s)

Adapted Key Stage 3 tests in English and mathematics will be used to measure year 10 ability.
Analysis of the differential impact of the interventions on free school meal (FSM) and non-FSM pupils, and gender will also be carried out.
Secondary ID(s)
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
The Education Endowment Foundation (UK)
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Results
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Date Completed: 30/07/2016
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