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Publications on Education

2020

Career Guidance in Schools: Research with schools and providers of career guidance services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Madeline Nightingale, Eleftheria Iakovidou, Barbara Janta
This report examines the provision of career guidance in schools and colleges in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region. Findings are informed by an online survey of 54 secondary schools and colleges in the region and interviews with 10 career guidance service providers. The findings draw attention to challenges faced by schools and providers operating in the region, informing the development of recommendations to improve careers guidance.
Evaluation of a Technology-based Intervention for Reading in UK Classroom Settings

Hannes Jarke, Miriam Broeks, Sashka Dimova, Eleftheria Iakovidou, George Thompson, Sonia Ilie, Alex Sutherland
RAND Europe found in a UK randomised controlled trial that classes of 8 and 9 year-old primary school children randomly allocated to receive a technology-based education intervention using Microsoft's Immersive Reader performed as well as business-as-usual classes. Schools did not implement the intervention as expected, and many left the trial, citing difficulties in implementation.
The Nuffield Early Language Intervention: Evaluation Report

Sashka Dimova, Sonia Ilie, Elena Rosa Brown, Miriam Broeks, Andreas Culora, Alex Sutherland
An evaluation of the Nuffield Early Language Intervention observed 1,156 students across 193 schools through a randomised control trial. The study found the intervention added three months progress in language skills compared to non-participants.
Strengthening the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care Through Inclusion

Susie Lee, Barbara Janta
Ensuring effective access to quality early childhood education and care for all remains a challenge in Europe, especially for those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This policy memo helps decision makers better understand this challenge and suggests some possible solutions.

2019

Access to Quality Education for Children With Special Educational Needs

Victoria Jordan, Rob Prideaux
An overview of the policy and practice of EU Member States in offering children with special educational needs access to education. It sets out the policy framework, the main approaches taken by Member States, and key challenges for policy-makers.
Digital Feedback in Primary Maths: Evaluation Report

Alex Sutherland, Miriam Broeks, Megan Sim, Elena Rosa Brown, Eleftheria Iakovidou, Sonia Ilie, Hannes Jarke, Julie Belanger
This report evaluates the efficacy of a digital feedback programme designed to maximise the impact of teachers' feedback on pupil outcome.
The economic benefits of a more physically active population: An international analysis

Marco Hafner, Erez Yerushalmi, William D. Phillips, Jack Pollard, Advait Deshpande, Michael Whitmore, Francois Millard, Shaun Subel, Christian Van Stolk
A study to examine the economic benefits of getting people to be more physically active by using a multi-country computational general equilibrium (CGE) macroeconomic model. The study finds that improving physical activity levels at the population levels is associated with global GDP gains over the next thirty years.
Entrepreneurial-university ecosystem: An overview of key concepts

Advait Deshpande, Susan Guthrie
Provides an overview of the key concepts associated with an entrepreneurial-university ecosystem and discusses the entrepreneurial-university ecosystem around London (UK) and potential data sources to analyse such an ecosystem.
A focus on education

Education stands at the forefront of policy agendas as children grow up in an increasingly complex and connected world. A focus on education looks at the core areas in education, detailing RAND Europe's expertise and work in the sector.
Recent Trends in Child and Family Policy in the EU: European Platform for Investing in Children: Annual Thematic Report

Barbara Janta, Lynn M. Davies, Victoria Jordan, Katherine Stewart
An annual report for the European Platform for Investing in Children, outlining new policy developments in the area of child and family policy in EU Member States and reporting on the progress of policies and activities initiated in earlier years.
Research for CULT Committee - Education and Youth in the European Union: Current Challenges and Future Prospects

Axelle Devaux, Fay Dunkerley, Nadja Koch, Michaela Bruckmayer, William D. Phillips, Victoria Jordan
Researchers examined challenges and prospects in relation to education and youth policies in the EU, providing a set of scenarios outlining important developments for the education and youth sectors and the importance of the changes they might bring.
Starting Strong Teaching and Learning International Survey 2018 Conceptual Framework

Megan Sim, Julie Belanger, Agnes Stancel-Piatak, Lynn A. Karoly
The Conceptual Framework provides an integrated theoretical and analytical underpinning to the OECD Starting Strong Survey, articulating its research focus and links to existing knowledge and evidence and policy questions.
Study on Media Literacy and Online Empowerment Issues Raised by Algorithm-Driven Media Services

Axelle Devaux, Alexandra Theben, Advait Deshpande, Frans Folkvord, Arya Sofia Meranto, Federica Porcu, Tor Richardson-Golinski, Nuria Febrer, Jirka Taylor, Katherine Stewart, et al.
Researchers explored the challenges of algorithm-driven media services, including the interplay between the biases in algorithms and people's own cognitive biases.
TALIS Starting Strong 2018 Technical Report

Juliane Hencke, Julie Belanger, Megan Sim, Miriam Broeks, Jan-Philipp Wagner, David Ebbs, Sandra Dohr, Alena Becker, Juliane Kobelt, Karsten Penon, et al.
This technical report details the steps, procedures, methodologies, standards and rules that the OECD Starting Strong Teaching and Learning International Survey 2018 used to collect high-quality data.

2018

Draft TALIS Starting Strong Survey 2018 Analysis Principles

Miriam Broeks, Megan Sim, Agnes Stancel-Piatak, Juliane Hencke
This document provides high-level steers for content- and context-related issues that need to be taken into consideration in the analysis and reporting of the TALIS Starting Strong Survey 2018.
Education for Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Europe: Ensuring Continued Access to Education Through National and School-Level Approaches

Milda Butkute, Barbara Janta
This policy memo provides a brief overview of national and school-level approaches to the inclusion of unaccompanied migrant children in formal education systems across EU countries.
An evaluation of Dance4Life's social franchising and empowerment models

Ben Baruch, Yulia Shenderovich, Tom Ling
Dance4Life, an international NGO working with young people on health and promotion of safe sexual choices, wanted to develop their understanding of new implementation and social franchising pilots. RAND Europe delivered a process evaluation that provided evidence on these pilots. The evaluation employed several data collection methods (document review, interviews, surveys and ecological momentary assessments) to provide evidence on the pilots.
Examens de l'OCDE du cadre d'évaluation de l'éducation : Maroc: OECD Reviews of Evaluation Framework Education: Morocco

Soumaya Maghnouj, Julie Belanger, Marguerite Clarke, Elizabeth Fordham, Hannah Kitchen, Isobel McGregor
This report features RAND Europe analysis of the strengths and challenges in Morocco's current approach for teacher appraisal, and provides actionable policy recommendations and advice for implementing improvements.
Guidance for standardising quantitative indicators of impact within REF case studies

Sarah Parks, Becky Ioppolo, Martin Stepanek, Salil Gunashekar
This report for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (now Research England), proposes guidance for standardising quantitative indicators of impact within Research Excellence Framework (REF) case studies. We used a blend of text mining and quantitative methods to develop the guidance which is intended to inform the development of the criteria and guidance for the preparation of impact case studies in REF 2021.
'Motivating teachers with incentivised pay and coaching' randomised control trial (ICR trial): Closure report: Understanding factors influencing participant recruitment failure

Alex Sutherland, Rob Prideaux, Julie Belanger, Miriam Broeks, Yulia Shenderovich, Simon Van Der Staaij
After recruitment issues had led to the cancellation of a randomised controlled trial on the impact of incentivised pay on teaching in the UK, RAND Europe conducted a follow-up investigation exploring the reasons behind the recruitment difficulties. The study found that a combination of teachers being resistant to the principle of financial incentives and a lack of awareness about the trial were key reasons why recruitment had been unsuccessful.
Teaching, Pedagogy and Practice in Early Years Childcare: An Evidence Review

Megan Sim, Julie Belanger, Lucy Hocking, Sashka Dimova, Eleftheria Iakovidou, Barbara Janta, William Teager
This report is a review of teaching and practice in childcare settings. It identifies areas of early years childcare practice that are well evidenced and provides an accessible overview of the research for policymakers and practitioners.

2017

Digital learning: Education and skills in the digital age

Sarah Grand-Clement, Axelle Devaux, Julie Belanger, Catriona Manville
The report gives an overview of an expert consultation on the role and future of education and skills in the digital world. It looks at which skills are important and necessary for current and future jobs, and what skills we need to be thinking of developing now and in the future. The report also highlights the important role of government and industry in encouraging the greater use of digital technologies in learning.
Education: Digital technology's role in enabling skills development for a connected world

Axelle Devaux, Julie Belanger, Sarah Grand-Clement, Catriona Manville
This Perspective explores the ways in which the growth of digital technology is impacting education and skills.
Free Digital Learning Opportunities for Migrants and Refugees: An Analysis of Current Initiatives and Recommendations for Their Further Use

Elizabeth Colucci, Hanne Smidt, Axelle Devaux, Charalambos Vrasidas, Malaz Safarjalani, Jonatan Castano Munoz
This final report on MOOCs and free digital learning opportunities for migrants and refugees is a modest and explorative contribution to better understandingthe challenges and opportunities for developing digitally-enabled solutions to tackle educational access and learning possibilities for the recent influx of refugees and migrants in Europe.
Later school start times in the U.S.: An economic analysis

Marco Hafner, Martin Stepanek, Wendy M. Troxel
RAND Europe investigated the economic implications of later school start times in the U.S. through an innovative economic analysis (in 47 U.S. states) of a state-wide universal shift to 8:30 a.m. Using a novel macroeconomic modelling approach, the benefit-cost projections in the study suggested that delaying school start times is a cost-effective policy change, which could have a significant impact on public health and the U.S. economy.

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