REsearch design
Secundary education
What does the research involve for participating secondary schools and what are we going to do in the four studies?
Information for participating schools
All participants will receive a report summarising the results for their school. This report will focus primarily on the effectiveness of the catch-up and support programme in terms of cognitive skills, well-being, confidence and social competences of the participating pupils.
This report can be used to account for the use of the funding received.
The research involves:
Analysis of LMS data (a research assistant will be available to help you upload this data to a secure CBS database)
Interviews with the contact person, school leadership team and administrators (during and on completion of the programme)
Participation in focus groups with teachers and participating pupils
Observations during the programme
An online questionnaire to be completed by pupils concerning well-being, self-confidence and social competences
Four secondary education studies
Study A
Analysis of applications for funding
An analysis of the programmes according to type of intervention and effective elements (sample of 500 schools to identify objectives and ideas about the programmes).
Study B
Quantitative analysis of effectiveness in terms of cognitive learning outcomes
A quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of the programmes in terms of cognitive learning outcomes using data from the learning management systems (LMS).
Study C
Qualitative case studies
An analysis of implementation of the programmes (effective elements and theory of change) in a sample of 30 schools and sharing good practice of other schools.
Study D
Quantitative evaluation of social-emotional development and outcomes
An online questionnaire to be completed by pupils to measure the effects of the programmes in terms of well-being, confidence and social competences.
Results
Throughout the research, we will work closely together with schools and other sector partners (Council for Primary Education, Dutch Inspectorate of Education, Ministry of Education) to share our research findings – where possible during implementation of the programmes. You can read the results of the studies here.
Proposal NRO
Would you like to view a copy of the research proposal (in Dutch) for these studies? Download it here.
Questions?
Do you have any questions about the research? Contact us for a general questions or ask the research team.
Examples
Are you interested in what other schools/centres are doing? We are sharing the best examples.
Research
Would you like to read about similar research in other schools and centres? All our research is shown here.