Evaluating the effectiveness of the national literacy strategy. Results indicated that areas of need for children learning how to read still existed. It involves a daily literacy hour, with a practical structure for time and class management and teaching objectives for each term. Helen carter listens in to a lesson in cheshire, and discovers very different views among teachers. The two national strategies nlns were intended to bring about a dramatic improvement in standards of english and mathematics. Introduction this paper outlines some of the main influences on the national literacy strategy which was implemented in english primary schools in 1998. The national literacy strategy primary support team. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. We point out that, if these are valid estimates of literacy and numeracy,we believe that the gains are likely due to changes in motivation and an intensification of effort e. The first four years 19982002 this summary has been written taking the main findings and points for action and adding additional detail from the text of the report where this proved helpful. Good practice for pupils learning english as an additional. A year earlier, local education authorities were involved in the piloting.
The framework is intended for daily reference by classroom teachers to ensure. This thesis sets out to investigate the issues surrounding the national literacy strategy within the inclusive classroom. Each cohort consisted of three different year groups year 2, year 4. This thesis reports a research investigation into teachers practices in, and perceptions of, guided reading in the national literacy strategy. The document is a reference point for daytoday teaching, and help for headteachers and governors of schools in england as they plan and manage the improvement of literacy in their school. Writing to teachers in september 1998 its first education secretary, david blunkett, said the year ahead was going to be a busy one. Implementation of the national literacy strategy 1997. The government has been criticised for failing to meet. Reproductions supplied by edrs are the best that can be made. In the early stages of the strategy, however, pupils in key stage 2 will not usually have benefited from being taught the literacy hour, using the objectives in the literacy framework for teaching, from the beginning of primary school. In a bid to achieve this end, the national literacy strategy nls was launched in 1998 dfee, 1998 and the national numeracy strategy nns in 1999 dfee, 1999a. Department for education and employment dfee 1998 the national literacy strategy.
In order to set the study within a context it was necessary to examine the development of the english national curriculum that led to the strategys introduction into primary schools in england during 1998. The national literacy strategy gives all pupils a basic entitlement to good quality literacy teaching. When the national literacy strategy was implemented. Evidence from the national literacy project nlp, on which the national strategy is based, shows that pupils with widely varying needs can.
Literacy assessment based upon the national reading panels big five components print. The literacy task force was established in may 1996 by david blunkett, then shadow education secretary. Primary framework for literacy and mathematics the history of. Chaired by professor michael barber, it was charged with developing, in time for an incoming labour government, a strategy for substantially raising standards of literacy in primary schools over a five to ten year period. The claim has been made that the approach to literacy teaching implicit within the national literacy strategy is based on evidence about good literacy teaching. In the literacy game john stannard and laura huxford, respectively the first director and the training director of englands national literacy strategy, give an informed and informative history of the largest and most ambitious project of literacy education in the developed world to date, as they document its conception, birth, early growth. The national literacy and numeracy strategies and the. Two years earlier, thirteen local education authorities were involved in the piloting of the project. Englands national literacy strategy is intended to raise standards of literacy for every student. Parts 1 and 3 of the book address generic issues on the teaching of writing with young children. The strategy sets a clear vision for raising standards in literacy and numeracy in early years, primary and postprimary. Ofsted says the national literacy strategy is the most important education event for decades. The national literacy trust is a registered charity no.
It was intended to bring about a dramatic improvement in literacy standards, so that, by 2002, 80% of all 11 year olds should reach level 4 in english at the end of key stage 2 national curriculum tests. The national target for literacy will only be met if every lea and every school is committed to raising standards as high as possible. The start of the daily literacy hour in primary schools this term is a key element of our national literacy strategy to raise childrens levels of achievement dramatically by 2002, he said. The primary national strategy document was launched in the uk in may 2003 by charles clarke, the secretary of state for education. Is the governments national literacy strategy effective.
Quick reference nls a strategy, first announced in 1996, for teaching the parts of the national curriculum for english concerned with the skills of reading and writing. The national assessment results suggest that there have been improvements. Other communitybased parts of the strategy include a media campaign and a series of events in a national year of reading 19989, summer literacy schools and a range of recommendations for other agencies and institutions. Evaluating the effectiveness of the national literacy.
An investigation of guided reading with beginning readers. Teachers should aim to include every pupil in the literacy hour. View or download all content the institution has subscribed to. Department for education and skills dfes standards and effectiveness unit, corp creators. The first cohort of primary schools in the northern local education authority n 19 implemented the project in january 1997, the second cohort n 20 began in september 1997. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click on download. Marian sainsbury, principal researcher at the national foundation for. Download file to see previous pages to address suggestions on improving the ways in which children learn to read, the national literacy strategy was conceived in 1998, but by 2003 it was evident that more new concepts were needed. Teachers should aim to include each student in the literacy hour. The thenexisting national numeracy strategy and national literacy strategy were taken under the umbrella of the primary national strategy in october 2006 the frameworks for teaching literacy and mathematics were renewed and issued in electronic form as the. Wholeword and wholelanguage approaches had dominated before that, and their influence did not disappear overnight, so for that reason and others. In july 2011, the department of education and skills the department launched the national strategy. The paper summarises what the strategy comprises and identifies several predisposing influences. The strategy included an outline of expected teaching in mathematics for all pupils from reception to year 6.
This framework sets out teaching objectives from reception to year 6 to enable students to become fully literate. The national literacy strategy activity resource bank. This document details the national literacy strategy, a framework for primary school teachers in england helping their students master basic literacy skills in order to reach national literacy standards. Individual schools were requested to agree related interim targets with their local. The national literacy strategy, introduced in september 1998, is a major initiative aimed at tackling these problems at primary school. Paper presented at the combined annual conference of the new zealand association for research in education and the australian association for research in education, melbourne, australia.
The national literacy strategyframework for teaching yr. National literacy strategy foreword literacy is a basic right, a skill that paves the way for the expansion of opportunities and for overall human development. A national literacy strategy acknowledgements the national literacy strategy for all is based on the proposals made by the eight expert consultative working groups see appendix, set up by the ministry for education and employment, and the extensive feedback received from numerous educators, schools, colleges and parents. The implementation of the national numeracy strategy this final report of the numeracy task force, published in july 1998 by the dfee, gives a practical agenda for action to implement the national numeracy strategy. In 1998, the government introduced the national literacy strategy nls in all primary schools aged 5 11 years in england in a bid to raise literacy standards. Section 2 contains the objectives for each term from reception to y6. In 2003, the strategy, including the framework for teaching, was absorbed into the broader primary national.
The first debate concerns reading standards and has resulted in increasing centralisation of the education system, culminating in the national literacy strategy in 1998. Bbc news uk education what are the national strategies. Since 1998, much progress has been made by primary schools in raising standards, drawing on the support of the national literacy and numeracy strategies. The national literacy strategy has had a significant impact on the standards.
Office for standards in education ofsted, corp creator. It also gives guidance on the literacy hour in which this teaching will take place. In 1998, the government introduced the national literacy strategy nls in all primary schools in england in a bid to raise literacy standards. The first uk government attempt to give phonics a higher profile in england was in the national literacy strategy nls, introduced in 1998. This report set out a national literacy strategy designed to raise standards of literacy in all primary schools in england. It enlarges upon, and complements, the guidance for key stages 1 and 2 and for the early years foundation stage, which applies to children aged 0. Participation in modern society requires individuals to be literate, to be able to express themselves, to learn, develop, and live autonomous and full lives. Since 1998 there has been an ambitious attempt to raise standards of. Literacy assessment based upon the national reading panel. Phonics developments in england from 1998 to 2018 by jenny.
The first attempts to do that were the national literacy strategy followed by the. Wholeword and wholelanguage approaches had dominated before that, and. Evidence from the national literacy project nlp, on which the national strategy is based, shows that students with widely varying needs can expect to improve their literacy skills in line with the challenging objectives in the. Updated literacy and numeracy catchup strategies introduction to explain that the costs listed are the costs from running the intervention programmes during the trial. Since 1998 the national strategies have taken the form of a professional.
The national numeracy strategy arose out of the national numeracy project in 1996, led by a. Phonics developments in england from 1998 to 2018 the first uk government attempt to give phonics a higher profile in england was in the national literacy strategy nls, introduced in 1998. The national literacy and numeracy strategies centre for. The national literacy strategy has had a significant impact on the standards attained. Pdf pupils with special needs and the national literacy strategy. The national literacy strategy, introduced in september. A digital copy of section 2 from the 1999 national literacy strategy. What happened to englands national literacy strategy. The implementation of the national literacy strategy nls began in english primary schools at the start of the autumn term 1998 and that of the national numeracy strategy nns in 1999. National literacy strategy reading reform foundation.
National literacy strategy 1999 teaching resources. Interactive whole class teaching in the national literacy. The national literacy strategy is intended to raise standards of literacy for every pupil. This paper outlines the research evidence underpinning the national literacy strategy that was implemented in england in 1998.
In my role of literacy consultant i supported schools on the. The national strategies was a change management programme in education. The national numeracy strategy arose out of the national numeracy project in 1996, led by a numeracy task force in england. The development of new zealands national literacy strategy. Since 1997, a major thrust of the new government has been to address standards of literacy and numeracy in english primary schools. The implementation of the national literacy strategy nls began in english primary schools at the start of the autumn term, 1998. Literacy and numeracy for learning and life 20112020 the strategy. N2 in 1998, the british government introduced the national literacy strategy nls in all state primary schools encompassing students aged 511 in england in a bid to raise literacy standards. This chapter looks at the background to the implementation of the nls in its first stage in primary schools from 1997 to 1998. National literacy strategy essay example topics and well. This framework for teaching sets out teaching objectives for reception to year 6 to enable pupils to become fully literate. The national literacy strategyframework for teaching. Department for education and employment january 1998, numeracy matters. Officially approved by the standards and effectiveness unit at the dfee and supporting the national literacy strategy training materials, the activity.
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