Machin, Stephen J.; McNally, Sandra - 2021
In this paper, we evaluate the effect of the literacy hour in English primary schools on pupil attainment. The National … Literacy Project (NLP) was undertaken in about 400 English primary schools in 1997 and 1998. We compare the reading and overall … English attainment of children in NLP schools as compared to a set of control schools at the end of primary school education …