The impact of family literacy programmes on children’s literacy skills and the home literacy environment

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This report presents findings from a study of family literacy programmes in England carried out by the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC) at UCL Institute of Education (IOE) between July 2013 and May 2015. This mixed-methods study was funded by the Nuffield Foundation and explored: 1) the impact of school-based family literacy programmes on young children’s progress in reading and writing; and 2) how parents translate and implement what they learn in these classes into the home literacy environment.This study provides evidence that after attending family literacy sessions children improve their literacy skills and there are positive changes in the home literacy environment.

J. Swain, O. Cara, J. Vorhaus, J. Litster (November 2015) Nuffield Family Literacy Executive Summary. NRDC, London.

J. Swain, O. Cara, J. Vorhaus, J. Litster (November 2015) Nuffield Family Literacy Report. NRDC, London.

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