The National Literacy Strategy: A Critical Review of Empirical Evidence

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 903-916

  Wyse, Dominic ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347933030     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192032000137376     Document Type: Review

References (78)

1. ALEXANDER, R. (2000) Culture and Pedagogy: international comparison in primary education (Oxford, Blackwell).
2. BEARD, R. (1999) National Literacy Strategy: review of research and other related evidence (London, Department for Education and Employment).
3. BEARD, R. (2000a) Long overdue? Another look at the National Literacy Strategy, Journal of Research in Reading, 23, pp. 245-255.
4. BEARD, R. (2000b) Research and the National Literacy Strategy, Oxford Review of Education, 26, pp. 421-436.
5. BEARD, R. (2002) As the research predicted? Examining the success of the National Literacy Strategy, in: R. FISHER, G. BROOKS & M. LEWIS (Eds) Raising Standards in Literacy (London, RoutledgeFalmer).
6. BEARNE, E. (1998) Making Progress in English (London, Routledge).
7. BISSEX, G. (1980) GNYS at work: a child learns to read and write (Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press).
8. BROOKOVER, W. B., BEADY, C., FLOOD, P., SCHWEITZER, J. & WISENBAKER, J. (1979) Schools, Social Systems and Student Achievement: schools can make a difference (New York; Praeger).
9. BROPHY, J. & GOOD, T. (1986) Teacher behaviour and student achievement, in: M. C. WITTROCK (Ed.) Handbook of Research on Teaching (New York, Macmillan).
10. BYRNE, B. (1998) The Foundation of Literacy: the child's acquisition of the alphabetic principle (Hove, Psychology Press).
11. CAMPBELL, R. (1999) Literacy from Home to School: reading with Alice (Stoke-on-Trent, Trentham, Books).
12. CATO, V., FERNANDES, C., GORMAN, T., KISPAL, A. WITH WHITE, J. (1992) The Teaching of Initial Literacy: how do teachers do it? (Slough, National Foundation for Educational Research).
13. CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY EDUCATION (CLPE) (1989) The Primary Language Record: handbook for teachers (London, CLPE).
14. CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY EDUCATION (CLPE) (1996) The New Primary Language Record Writing Scale, Language Matters, 3, pp. 3-8.
15. CHALL, J. S. (1983) Stages of Reading Development (New York, McGraw-Hill).
16. CREEMERS, B. P. M. (1994) The Effective Classroom (London, Cassell).
17. DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT (DfEE) (1998) The National Literacy Strategy Frame-work for Teaching (London, DfEE).
18. DOHERTY, V. & PETERS, L. (1981) Goals and objectives in educational planning and evaluation, Educational Leadership, 38, pp. 606-611.
19. EARL, L., FULLAN, M., LEITHWOOD, K., WATSON, N. WITH JANTZI, D., LEVIN, B. & TORRANCE, N. (2000) Watching and Learning: OISE/UT evaluation of the implementation of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies (Nottingham, DfEE Publications).
20. EARL, L., FULLAN, M., LEITHWOOD, K., WATSON, N. WITH JANTZI, D., LEVIN, B. & TORRANCE, N. (2001) Watching and Learning 2: OISE/UT evaluation of the implementation of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies (Nottingham, DfEE Publications).
21. EARL, L., WATSON, N., LEVIN, B., LEITHWOOD, K., FULLAN, M. & TORRANCE, N. WITH JANTZI, D., MASCALL, B. & VOLANTE, L. (2003) Watching and Learning 3: Final Report of the External Evaluation of England's National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies (Nottingham, DfES Publications).
22. EDMONDS, R. (1979) Effective schools for the urban poor, Educational Leadership, 37, pp. 15-27.
23. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (1997a) Reading Developmental Continuum (Victoria, Rigby Heinemann).
24. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (1997b) Writing Developmental Continuum (Victoria, Rigby Heinemann).
25. EHRI, L. C. (1995) Phases of development in learning to read words by sight, Journal of Research in Reading, 18, pp. 116-125.
26. ELLEY, W. B., BARHAM, I. H., LAMB, H. & WYLLIE, M. (1976) The role of grammar in a secondary school English curriculum, Research in the Teaching of English, 10, pp. 5-21.
27. ENGLISH, E., HARGREAVES, L. & HISLAM, J. (2002) Pedagogical dilemmas in the National Literacy Strategy: primary teachers' perceptions, reflections and classroom behaviour, Cambridge Journal of Education, 32, pp. 10-26.
28. FISHER, R. (2000) Developmentally appropriate practice and a national literacy strategy, British Journal of Educational Studies, 48, pp. 58-69.
29. FISHER, R., LEWIS, M. & DAVIS, B. (2000) Progress and performance in National Literacy Strategy classrooms, Journal of Research in Reading, 23, pp. 256-266.
30. FITZ-GIBBON, C. T. (1999) Ofsted is inaccurate and damaging: how did we let it happen?, Forum, 41, pp. 14-17.
31. GENTRY, J. R. (1982) An analysis of developmental spelling in GNYS AT WRK, The Reading Teacher, 36; pp. 192-200.
32. GRAHAM, J. (1998) Teaching, learning and the National Literacy Strategy, Changing English, 5, pp. 115-122.
33. GRAY, J., REYNOLDS, D., FITZ-GIBBON, C. & JESSON, D. (Eds) (1996) Merging Traditions: the future of research on school effectiveness and school improvement (London, Cassel).
34. HALL, N. & ROBINSON, A. (1996) Learning about Punctuation (Clevedon, Multilingual Matters).
35. HARPIN, W. (1976) The Second 'R': writing development in the junior school (London, Allen & Unwin).
36. HARRISON, C. (2002) Key Stage 3 English: roots and research (London, Department for Education and Skills).
37. HARTWELL, P. (1985) Grammar, grammars, and the teaching of grammar, College English, 47, pp. 105-127.
38. HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTORATE (HMI) (1990) The Teaching and Learning of Reading in Primary Schools (London, Department of Education and Science).
39. HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTORATE (HMI) (1992) English: Key Stages 1, 2 and 3: A Report by H M Inspectorate on the Second Year, 1990-91 (London, Department of Education and Science).
40. HIEBERT, E. (2000) The National Literacy Strategy from an international perspective, Journal of Research in Reading, 23, pp. 308-313.
41. HILTON, M. (1998) Raising literacy standards: the true story, English in Education, 32(3); pp. 4-16.
42. HILTON, M. (2001) Writing process and progress: where do we go from here?, English in Education, 35(1); pp. 4-11.
43. JORGENSON, G. (1977) Relationship of classroom behaviour to the accuracy of the match between material difficulty and student ability, Journal of Educational Psychology, 69, pp. 24-32.
44. KRESS, G. (2000) Early Spelling: between convention and creativity (London, Routledge).
45. KULIK, J. A. & KULIK, C.-L. C. (1989) Meta-analysis in education, International Journal of Educational Research, 13, pp. 221-340.
46. MINNS, H. (1997) Read It to Me Now! Learning at Home and at School, 2nd edn (Buckingham, Open University Press).
47. MORTIMORE, P. & GOLDSTEIN, H. (1996) The Teaching of Reading in 45 Inner London Primary Schools: a critical examination of OFSTED research (London, Institute of Education, University of London).
48. MORTIMORE, P., SAMMONS, P., STOLL, L., LEWIS, D. & ECOB, R. (1988) School Years: the junior years (Wells, Open Books).
49. NATIONAL CENTRE FOR LITERACY AND NUMERACY (1997) The National Literacy Project: general information (Reading, National Centre for Literacy and Numeracy).
50. NORTHWEST REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY (1990) Effective Schooling Practices: a research synthesis 1990 update (Portland, OR, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory).
51. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (OFSTED) (1995) English: a review of inspection findings 1993/94 (London, HMSO).
52. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (OFSTED) (1996a) The Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools: 1994/95 (London, OFSTED).
53. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (OFSTED) (1996b) The Teaching of Reading in 45 Inner London Primary Schools, a report by Her Majesty's Inspectors in collaboration with the LEAs of Islington, Southwark and Tower Hamlets (London, OFSTED).
54. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (OFSTED) (1999) A review of primary schools, 1994-1998. Retrieved 11 July 2000, from: www.official-documents.co.uk/document/ofsted/ped/ped.htm
55. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (OFSTED) (2001) Teaching of phonics: a paper by HMI. Retrieved 15 March 2002, from: www.ofsted.gov.uk/public/index.htm
56. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (OFSTED) (2002) The National Literacy Strategy: the first four years 1998-2002 (London, OFSTED).
57. PAYTON, S. (1984) Developing Awareness of Print: a young child's first steps towards literacy (University of Birmingham, Educational Review).
58. PERERA, K. (1984) Children's Writing and Reading: analysing classroom language (Oxford; Basil Blackwell).
59. REID, M. (1997) An interview with John Stannard - Director of the National Literacy Project, English in Education, 31(3), pp. 3-7.
60. REYNOLDS, D. & FARRELL, S. (1996) Worlds Apart? A Review of International Surveys of Educational Achievement involving England (London, OFSTED).
61. REYNOLDS, D. & TEDDLIE, C. (Eds) (1999) The International Handbook of School Effectiveness Research (Lewes, Falmer Press).
62. REYNOLDS, D. & TEDDLIE, C. (2001) Reflections on the critics, and beyond them, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 12, pp. 99-113.
63. RILEY, J. (2001) The National Literacy Strategy: success with literacy for all?, Curriculum Journal, 12, pp. 29-58.
64. SAMMONS, P., HILLMAN, J. & MORTIMORE, P. (1995) Key Characteristics of Effective Schools: a review of school effectiveness research (London, OfSTED/Institute of Education, University of London).
65. SASSOON, R. (1990) Handwriting: a new perspective (Leckhampton, Stanley Thornes).
66. SCHEERENS, J. (1992) Effective Schooling: research, theory and practice (London, Cassell).
67. SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT (1999) House of Commons: Education and Employment - Fourth Report. CCTA Government Information Service. Retrieved July 1999, from: www.open.gov.uk
68. STALLINGS, J. A. (1985) A study of implementation of Madeline Hunter's model and its effects on students, Journal of Educational Research, 78, pp. 325-337.
69. STANNARD, J. (1997) The National Literacy Project General Information (London, National Centre for Literacy and Numeracy).
70. TEDDLIE, C. & STRINGFIELD, S. (1993) Schools Do Make a Difference: lessons learned from a 10-year study of school effects (New York, Teachers College Press).
71. TOWNSEND, T. (2001) Satan or saviour? An analysis of two decades of school effectiveness research, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 12, pp. 115-129.
72. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (1987) What Works: research about teaching and learning, revised edn (Washington, DC, United States Department of Education).
73. WEARMOUTH, J. & SOLER, J. (2001) How inclusive is the Literacy Hour? British Journal of Special Education, 28, pp. 113-119.
74. WYSE, D. (1998) Primary Writing (Buckingham, Open University Press).
75. WYSE, D. (2000) Phonics: the whole story? A critical review of empirical evidence, Educational Studies, 26, pp. 355-364.
76. WYSE, D. (2001a) Grammar. For writing? A critical review of empirical evidence, British Journal of Educational Studies, 49, pp. 411-427.
77. WYSE, D. (2001b) Promising yourself to do better? Target-setting and literacy, Education 3-13, 29(2), pp. 13-18.
78. WYSE, D. & JONES, R. (2001) Teaching English, Language and Literacy (London, RoutledgeFalmer).