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• Robin Close  Parental Involvement and Literacy Achievement
  This review considers published evidence on parental involvement for children from birth to the age of 16. The review and recommendations given by the National Literacy Trust would interest anyone concerned with issues involving parental influences in the 5 May 2001
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• National Literacy Trust  Mapping the Territory: The links between museums, archives and libraries, and adult basic skills
  This report provides baseline data on the ability of museums, archives and libraries in England to contribute to the Government's targets for improving the literacy and numeracy skills of adults with basic skills needs. 15 Sep 2003
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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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• Viv Bird and Rodie Akerman  Every Which Way We Can: A literacy and social inclusion position paper
  This position paper is based on our findings two years into a three-year project on literacy and social inclusion. The purpose of the paper is to review the evidence gathered and to provide a resource for those concerned with issues in this field 1 Feb 2005
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• Christina Clark, Stephen Torsi and Julia Strong  Young People and Reading
  This is our first survey into the reading habits and attitudes of young people, which is based on over 1,500 pupils from six schools who participated in a survey in spring 2005, as part of our Reading Champions initiative. 10 Aug 2005
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• Christina Clark and Amelia Foster  Children's and Young People's Reading Habits and Preferences: The who, what, why, where and when
  In our first large-scale reading survey, we explored why some pupils choose to read for pleasure and others do not. We surveyed over 8,000 primary and secondary pupils whose schools were part of our Reading Connects initiative. 3 Dec 2005
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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
• Christina Clark and Kate Rumbold  Reading for Pleasure: A research overview
  This paper explores reading for pleasure, its importance, and its impact on literacy attainment and other outcomes. It aims to further our understanding of the value of reading for pleasure and to provide information that will enable parents, teachers and 10 Nov 2006
• Reading The Game  Reading The Game consultation report - executive summary
  A consultation of RTG partners and beneficiaries to conduct a needs analysis, identify priority areas for development and discover any barriers regarding sports-related literacy issues, in order to see how and if RTG could help deliver against these areas 17 May 2007
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• Reading The Game  Reading The Game consultation 2007
  In 2007 RTG conducted research to find out how the sector could best work with sport to promote literacy. 19 Sep 2007
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