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• Christina Clark and Lizzie Poulton  Book ownership and its relation to enjoyment, attitudes, behaviour and attainment
  18,141 young people aged 8 to 17 participated in our first annual online survey in November/December 2010. It included a question about book ownership, which is the focus of this brief report. 31 May 2011
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• Emily McCoy  Local authorities improving life chances: A review of a new approach to raising literacy levels
  Read the final report of our Partners in Literacy pilot, which outlines a new approach to raising literacy levels. 31 May 2011
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• Amanda Halden, Christina Clark and Fiona Lewis  National Literacy Trust and Nursery World survey: Investigating communication, literacy and language development in the early years sector
  In May 2011 Nursery World and the National Literacy Trust launched its language development survey to celebrate Hello; the national year of communication. The National Literacy Trust teamed up with Nursery World to carry out research into the sector’s sup 12 Jul 2011
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• Christina Clark and Sarah De Zoysa  Mapping the interrelationships of reading enjoyment, attitudes, behaviour and attainment
  It is frequently said that there is a positive relationship between enjoyment, attitudes, behaviour and attainment, with pupils who enjoy reading or writing having more positive attitudes towards it, doing it more and thereby getting better at it. This pa 18 Jul 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, Lizzie Poulton and Emily McCoy  Literacy: A route of addressing child poverty?
  This brief summary of the research literature provides the evidence base for literacy to be a priority within child poverty planning. It makes the case for a focus on home learning and parental aspirations in order to address low literacy. 11 Oct 2011
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• Sally Melvin and Laura Kenwright  Words for Work evaluation report 2011
  This report explores the findings of the second pilot year of Words for Work, the National Literacy Trust's communication and employability project. 11 Nov 2011
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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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• Christina Clark and Lizzie Poulton  Is Four the Magic Number? Number of books read in a month and young people's wider reading behaviour
  Using data from our first annual literacy survey of over 18,000 young people, this short paper explores the relationship between the number of books young people read in a month and other variables. 15 Dec 2011
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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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