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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 in
beginning readers is producing results in Great Britain. The
three-year £10 million Every Child a Reader project began in 2005-06
and was a
collaboration between charitable trusts, the business sector, and
government. The project has been extended and is expected to reach
30,000 students by 2010.
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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