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Direct linkSammons, Pamela; Sylva, Kathy; Hall, James; Evangelou, Maria; Smees, Rebecca – Oxford Review of Education, 2023
This paper discusses the challenges facing a national evaluation of an early years intervention programme, Sure Start Children's Centres (SSCCs), that was implemented across England in the first decade of the 21st century. The paper describes the rationale for the evaluation's mixed methods research design and the ecological theoretical approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Intervention, Equal Education
Hall, James; Eisenstadt, Naomi; Sylva, Kathy; Smith, Teresa; Sammons, Pamela; Smith, George; Evangelou, Maria; Goff, Jenny; Tanner, Emily; Agur, Maya; Hussey, David – Oxford Review of Education, 2015
This paper presents a review of the family services that were offered by a sample of 121 English Sure Start Children's Centres in 2011 and 2012. Children's Centres are community based facilities that aim to improve outcomes for at-risk families and children through the delivery of a range of services largely aimed at families with young children.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Delivery Systems, Community Services, Community Centers
Sylva, Kathy; Melhuish, Edward; Sammons, Pam; Siraj-Blatchford, Iram; Taggart, Brenda – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2011
This article reports the effects of pre-school quality on children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes at age 11 using a large-scale longitudinal study of 3000+ children in England (EPPE/EPPSE). The ECERS-R and a curricular extension to it (ECERS-E) were used to assess the quality of provision in 141 pre-school settings attended by the children.…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
Mathers, Sandra; Linskey, Faye; Seddon, Judith; Sylva, Kathy – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2007
The ECERS-R and ITERS-R are among two of the most widely used observational measures for describing the characteristics of early childhood education and care. This paper describes a professional development programme currently taking place in seven regions across England, designed to train local government staff in the application of the scales as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rating Scales, Professional Development, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedSylva, Kathy; Hurry, Jane; Peters, Sandra – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1997
Reviews the development of Recovery Reading. Addresses two questions: (1) which features of the program embody Vygotskian notions? and (2) how effective is the program at improving literacy skills? Finds that Reading Recovery increased reading attainment and argues that future research should address the sociocultural context of the program. (DSK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedSylva, Kathy; And Others – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1992
Describes a survey of early childhood educators in England to assess the effects of the new national curriculum for primary schools. Finds some impact in the education sector but little change in social service nurseries. Most respondents reported changes in assessment and record keeping in a positive light. (AC)
Descriptors: British Infant Schools, British National Curriculum, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Research
