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United Kingdom Literacy News 2008
New programme shown to 'dramatically' improve children's
literacy
Pupils struggling with reading are
benefiting from a new scheme that sees them improving
their literacy with one-to-one support from
specially-trained teachers.
Under the Reading Recovery programme, not only are
children catching-up with their peers after a relatively
short amount of time, but they are outperforming the
national average for their age group within two years,
according to research.
Tailored lessons for half-an-hour a day for between 12
and 20 weeks are provided to six-year-olds who have
shown literacy problems.
Part of the government's Every Child a Reader programme,
the initiative has been hailed a great success.
UK Literacy Investment Produces Results
An investment aimed at preventing literacy difficulties for
beginning readers is producing outstanding results in Great Britain.
Every Child a Reader, a project using Reading Recovery, released its
third-year results for more than 5,000 struggling students taught in
2007-2008. The project targeted schools in areas of high economic
need and selected children with the lowest literacy levels. The
third year report revealed that among children who completed Reading
Recovery lessons, 77% reached a literacy level that matched their
chronological age. These children advanced at four time the normal
progress rate with just 41 hours of instruction.
On the basis of the three-year pilot study, the report concludes
that the project can continue to deliver reliable results as it
scales up. A national rollout of the Every Child a Reader program
has begun with plans to reach more than 30,000 students a year by
2011.
Every Child a Reader: The Results of the Third Year…
This 67-page evaluation report is the culmination of a three-year
pilot project that that served 489 schools and trained 520 Reading
Recovery teachers. The report focuses on results for the more than
5000 children taught in 2007-2008.
An End to Literacy Failure: Follow-Up on London Comparison Study
A 2007 follow up study of students in 42 London Schools found that
former Reading Recovery students caught up with their peers and were
out-performing the national average within two years.
Read the full 52-page report,
Comparison of Literacy Progress of Young Children in London Schools:
A Reading Recovery Follow-Up Story.
Find
May
9, 2008 news stories about the follow-up study.
The Long-Term Costs of Literacy Difficulties
Ground breaking research from the KPMG Foundation charitable Trust
calculates for the first time, the cost to the public purse of
38,700 pupils in England and Wales leaving primary schools every
year with very low literacy skills.
See BBC Online News Report
Every Child A Reader: The results of the first year…
Research on more than 500 children in 2005-2006 showed massive gains
in reading ability for students who received Reading Recovery
support through Great Britain’s Every Child a Reader Project.
Download the research summary.
Read Background on the Every Child a Reader Project
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