The quality of systematic reviews of effectiveness in literacy learning in English: a ‘tertiary’review

Ref ID 216
First Author C. J. Torgerson
Journal JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN READING
Year Of Publishing 2007
URL https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-quality-of-systematic-reviews-of-effectiveness-in-literacy-learning-in-english(195c8cb6-6fda-493a-8a51-2be9bb9e1c2a)/export.html
Keywords • Education
• Publication bias
Problem(s) • Poor consideration of publication bias
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country United Kingdom
Checklists • QUOROM
Aim To assess the reporting quality of systematic reviews of literacy learning published between 1983 and 2003, using an adapted version of QUOROM.
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings Six of the 14 included systematic reviews (43%) of literacy learning published between 1983 and 2003 did not make an assessment of publication bias.
Number of systematic reviews included 14
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 206
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description