ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book describes interventions where teachers have tried to use research evidence directly to create an intervention. That approach was not successful, either in terms of the process or the impact. The book also describes interventions where the evaluation was conducted by the schools and teachers themselves, with advice and guidance, and this was a much more promising approach. All of studies described in the book are conducted in accordance with the British Educational Research Association's professional Code of Practice, and approved by Durham or Birmingham University's Ethics Committees. There have been calls in recent years for evidence-informed policy and practice in the UK and in other developed countries. It is therefore pertinent and necessary that policy advisors and other consumers of research are able to evaluate and judge the quality of research that potentially informs policy and practice.
