NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Ariel Lindorff; Jamie Stiff; Heather Kayton – UK Department for Education, 2024
This report outlines the results of the 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) in England. PIRLS is an international comparative study directed by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. The aim of PIRLS is to assess and compare the reading performance of pupils in their fourth year of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Grade 4, International Assessment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cremin, Teresa; Mottram, Marilyn; Collins, Fiona; Powell, Sacha; Safford, Kimberly – Literacy, 2009
Given the narrow scope of primary teachers' knowledge and use of children's literature identified in Phase I of "Teachers as Readers" (2006-2007), the core goal of the Phase II project was to improve teachers' knowledge and experience of such literature in order to help them increase children's motivation and enthusiasm for reading,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries, Reading Teachers, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Burnett, Cathy; Myers, Julia – Reading: Literacy and Language, 2002
Examines the literary practices four children chose to engage in outside of their inner-city school located in Sheffield, England. Suggests that children use literacy in richly diverse ways for purposes they see as meaningful. Concludes that while literacy presented by these children reflected community literacy practices, children also acted with…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Inner City