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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- PART I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction: the state of evidence in education -- What kind of evidence is this book about? -- Surely academic/professional research just needs to be used more? -- Outline of the rest of this book -- Chapter 2: The changing incentives and infrastructure for robust evaluations -- A new era for evidence-based education? -- How has it worked out? -- What new kind of work is needed? -- PART II: Issues in conducting trials -- Chapter 3: Problems, abuses and limitations in the conduct of trials -- What do we need evidence on? -- What can go wrong with trials that have been commissioned? -- How are evaluation results mistreated? -- What difference do evaluations make? -- Chapter 4: Assessing the trustworthiness of a research finding -- Clear presentation of research findings -- Presenting results as 'effect' sizes -- Judging the trustworthiness of findings -- Sensitivity analysis -- Summary: aids to judging trustworthiness -- Chapter 5: In-depth evidence and process evaluations -- What are the different forms of 'evidence' in evidence-based education? -- PART III: What do trials show? -- Chapter 6: A short sharp shock? The transition to secondary school -- Policy and context -- How effective are 'catch-up' interventions? -- The prior evidence on Switch-on Reading -- The prior evidence on Accelerated Reader -- The prior evidence on Fresh Start -- The prior evidence on our literacy software evaluation -- The prior evidence on Response to Intervention (RTI) -- The prior evidence on summer schools -- Discussion -- Chapter 7: What works for catch-up literacy and numeracy? -- Designs and methods used in the six catch-up trials -- Results of the six catch-up trials