Raising educational outcomes for students with SEN and disabilities (MetaSENse)

MetaSENse is a project funded by the Nuffield Foundation. The project carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of interventions aiming to improve educational abilities for different children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), to understand what works best for which children in which settings.

The MetaSENse project identified targeted interventions for improving educational outcomes (i.e. reading, writing, mathematics, science and general attainment) among children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) aged 4-25.

The research findings were used to develop an easy-to-use toolkit, including a searchable database, to support teachers in selecting what to use in their classrooms.

This video gives a brief introduction to the project:

• The MetaSENse report and report summary
  • Short Infographic
  • Full Nuffield report
  • Slides from the report launch

• The MetaSENse team
  • Investigators
  • Research volunteers
  • Advisory board

• The MetaSENse toolkit
  • Database
    • About the MetaSENse database
    • Demonstration videos of how to use the toolkit
    • Click here to use the Toolkit:

  
  

  • Blogs
    • What works for students with SEND
    • How to figure out what works in my classroom
    • What’s a control group? Why do I need one?
  • MetaSENse outputs
    • TES article ‘Does ‘what works’ work for SEND?’ on the MetaSENse project (text version)
    • UNESCO International Bureau of Education Policy Brief “Unlocking Potential: Raising educational outcomes for students with Special Needs“
    • Publications
  • MetaSENse related documents
    • Pre-registration with the Open Science Framework
    • An overview of the research studies included in the meta-analysis