Research reports, reviews, etc

• After the Literacy Hour: May the best plan win! - this report promotes synthetic phonics and calls for more extensive trialling of reading strategies in England and Wales, by Tom Burkard (CPS, March 2005)
• Measuring standards in primary schools - examines the trends in standards and whether they accurately reflect the impact of the NLS (Statistics Commission, February 2005)
• Large benefits, low costs - using 1996-2002 data this report shows that the literacy hour works, by S. Machin (LSE, Spring 2004)
• National evaluation of the National Literacy Strategy Further Literacy Support Programme - research shows that the FLS has beneficial effect on children's literacy attainments (January 2004)
• National Literacy Strategy: Review of research and other related evidence - this review confirms the NLS' ability to raise standards and to improve children's lives, by R. Beard (DfES, 1999)
• Government and Ofsted evaluations - including overviews of Watching and Learning 1, 2 and 3
• More evaluations of the NLS

• National Literacy Strategy - general background information

Resources

• Literacy Today articles on the NLS