Information about Multiply Trials
for Combined & Local Authorities
We are looking to speak with Combined Authorities and Local Authorities to explore how we can work together to deliver the Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) and Quasi-Experimental Trials (QEDs) in your areas and make sure that your learning organisations benefit from the additional funding and new initiatives being developed.
The Government has invested in the delivery of a suite of RCTs and QEDs as part of the Multiply adult numeracy programme, which aims to improve adult numeracy skills. The trials will test promising approaches to improving adult numeracy and supporting more effective delivery of adult numeracy provision.
A range of product developers are designing interventions which look like they could make a real difference. These currently include National Numeracy, Campaign for Learning, Mathematics in Education and Industry, and the Education and Training Foundation.
Benefits
We’re really keen that as many organisations as possible agree to take part in this groundbreaking programme to demonstrate what works to improve adult numeracy skills.
You’ll be making a real difference to adult learners who want to improve their confidence with numbers as well as supporting your local community by ensuring that they are represented within the research and adding to the knowledge of what works.
There are many other benefits too:
- Organisations involved in the trials can gain visibility and recognition as contributors to research.
- This positive association may enhance the organisation's reputation and credibility within the industry and among stakeholders.
- Participation in a trial often involves collaboration with researchers, professionals, and other organisations. This can create networking opportunities and potential collaborations, fostering relationships that may be beneficial in the long term.
- You’ll be supporting your local community by ensuring that they are represented within the trial taking place and add to the
knowledge of what works. - For those already involved in Multiply core delivery this provides an opportunity for you to grow and enhance your provision to reach
more adult learners.
How do we express interest in taking part?
Please express your interest in the form below and tell us a bit about your organisation so that we can keep you informed. We will also send you a document further outlining the benefits of taking part and further information about the Education Research Trials.
We’ll contact you immediately when the specification has been finalised for a trial that you are eligible to participate in, which will give you all the information you need. You will be able to take part in more than one trial. Meanwhile, if you have any questions then please let us know.
Express Your Interest:
How we use and protect your data
The purpose of the programme of trials is to evaluate interventions at a large scale and data collected for each trial will not be used for any other purpose. The trials will compare outcomes for learners in treatment and control groups, but there will be no comparisons made between individual organisations or teachers.
At an organisational level, we will ask for your contact details so that we can contact you when needed to arrange training, send you a survey or invite you to take part in an interview.
During the trial period, we will also ask organisations to send the evaluation team the contact details of any learners who opt out of taking part in the trials, so they can make sure they are removed from the analysis. For those learners who are taking part in the trials, we will ask for their contact details so we can send them a survey or invite them to take part in an interview about their learning experience.
Finally, we will ask organisations to collect data on learner attendance and compliance with any homework tasks, so we can take into account the ‘dosage level’ (i.e. the amount of intervention received) in the analysis and see if this makes any difference to the results. All of these asks will be covered through appropriate data sharing documentation. The full details of this will be included in the specification of an individual trial.
To find out further information about how government will use your data, please access this link.