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The target for the proportion of children passing the phonics screening check – a test of how well children aged five and six in England can “decode” words – has been raised to 90%. This increase, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Reactions to the report of the National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy (Teaching Reading, published in December last year) have ...

Parents do not need to "drill their child" to pass the phonics screening check, says Fiona Barry, they can try out fun learning activities at home Pupils need to have a good grasp of the style or ...

The phonic screening check was introduced in 2012, as part of the government's drive to improve reading standards in schools More children are meeting the expected standard in the "phonics check" for ...

Pamela Snow receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Anne Castles receives funding from the ARC and the NHMRC. Kevin Wheldall has previously received research funding from various ...

Alice Bradbury receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust which funds the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy at UCL. She is a member of the Labour Party and the Universities and College Union. The ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The target for the proportion of children passing the phonics screening check – a test of how well children aged five and six in England can“decode” words – has been raised ...