Research by Dr Daniel Muijs of Warwick University and Professor David Reynolds of Exeter University has found that low-achieving pupils in Years 1 and 2 who had been assisted by specially trained numeracy support assistants 'did not make more progress in mathematics than those that had not'.
The academics were looking at how effective learning support assistants were in improving the achievement of children aged five to seven at Key Stage 1 in 18 schools serving middle-class families and a disadvantaged community in two local education authorities in the north-west of England. Their research was based on a test designed by Leeds University to evaluate the national numeracy project.
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