Closing the Gap: Test and Learn is a programme from the National College of Teaching and Leadership, providing support for schools and teachers to get involved in rigorous research launched in September 2013. The goal is to help close gaps for vulnerable pupils whilst improving the evidence-base about it and stimulating robust research and development in schools. CUREE took responsibility for leading the initial consultation on selecting the interventions, advised by project partners such as Durham University and practitioners such as the Teaching School Alliance R&D Steering Group. In the second, implementation phase CUREE is working with CfBT and Oxford University to design and deliver the project’s launch events, and initial RCT training. Finally, CUREE is also providing the intervention training for Response to Intervention (RTI) and Research Lesson Study (RLS), two of the interventions used in the project.
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