Evaluation of the impact of Glasses-in-Classes on infant’s educational outcomes

Lan Dong, Jonathan Cairns, Beng Huat See, Stephen Gorard

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Abstract

One obvious factor affecting children’s learning in school is their ability to read and write, but this can be hampered if they cannot see properly. Yet many children in the UK have eye conditions that have gone undetected. Even amongst those who do attend an optician’s appointment, many do not always wear their glasses, and this can hinder their progress at school. Glasses in Classes (GiC) is a school-based intervention to ensure that vision screening results are shared with schools to enable them to support children in wearing glasses. This chapter describes our evaluation of a DfE-funded study of GiC in Opportunity Areas in the northeast of England. The objective was to estimate the impact and feasibility of GiC for early years children’s educational attainment. Preliminary results showed positive effects of generic vision screening on children’s maths and literacy, but not among children in GiC schools. The dampened effect could be due to the delay in setting up the programme in some intervention schools. As a result, some children only had their second pair of glasses for a few days - not long enough for real effects to be manifested. To capture the long-term impact of GiC, the project has been extended to look at the impact on children’s Year 1 results. The chapter also covers the challenges in conducting an evaluation of this scale across multiple local authorities and lessons learnt.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAn International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers
Subtitle of host publicationA Pipeline to Robust Education Research
EditorsStephen Gorard, Nadia Siddiqui
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter9
Pages101-113
Number of pages13
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9781003455066, 9781040027516
ISBN (Print)9781032592800, 9781032595207
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 May 2024

Publication series

NameRoutledge Research in Higher Education
PublisherRoutledge

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 selection and editorial matter, Stephen Gorard and Nadia Siddiqui; individual chapters, the contributors.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Psychology
  • General Social Sciences

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