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Our research aims to improve literacy attitudes, habits and skills by informing policy and practice. We use a variety of approaches. Our extensive survey work provides a platform for the views of children, young people, their parents and literacy practitioners. We also conduct literature reviews that provide evidence of effective practices, and evaluate the impact of our own projects.
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Reading The Game
Scottish Premier League Reading Stars 2009
SPL reading Stars report on activity from 2009. 6 Jan 2010
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Christina Clark
Setting the Baseline - Young People's Writing in 2010
18,141 young people aged eight to 17 participated in our first annual literacy survey in November and December 2010. This report focuses on the writing aspect of the survey and explores how much young people enjoy writing, how good a writer they think the 20 Dec 2011
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Christina Clark
Setting the baseline: Reading in 2010
This report outlines the findings from our first annual omnibus survey of over 18,000 children and young people as they relate to reading. 22 Aug 2011
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Christina Clark and Rodie Akerman
Social Inclusion and Reading: An exploration
A report analysing children and young people's reading habits in the light of whether or not they receive free school meals 15 Jun 2006 -
Cathy Hamer
Talk To Your Baby and National Childbirth Trust Research Review
Dr. Cathy Hamer, policy and communities manager at the National Literacy Trust developed a research review for the National Childbirth Trust on the importance of parent-child communication from birth. 4 Apr 2012
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Robin Close
Television and Early Language Development
This literature review investigates the relationship between television and language development in children from birth to age five. 1 Apr 2004
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Christina Clark, Jane Woodley and Fiona Lewis
The Gift of Reading in 2011: Children and young people's access to books and attitudes towards reading
In this new report we explore children’s reading in 2011 with findings from our first annual survey of literacy in the UK. The report examines children’s ownership of books, access to reading materials, frequency of reading and attitudes to reading. 5 Dec 2011
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Jonathan Rooke
Transforming Writing: Interim Evaluation Report
This is the interim evaluation report of the Transforming Writing project, a two-year project that is researching how to improve children’s writing skills through applying effective formative assessment to the teaching of writing. 11 Jan 2013
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National Literacy Trust
What's Hot, What's Not 2008
A policy-scoping survey of 35 leading literacy professionals that explored which literacy issues are currently hot or not hot and what 2008 might bring 20 Dec 2007
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National Literacy Trust
What's Hot, What's Not 2009
The second year of a policy-scoping survey of 35 leading literacy professionals that explored which literacy issues are currently hot or not hot and what 2009 might bring 11 Dec 2008
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