Literacy Project (NLP) was undertaken in about 400 English primary schools in 1997 and 1998. We compare the reading and overall … compulsory education (age 16). We find a larger increase in attainment in reading and English for pupils in NLP schools as …

We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading … a reading assessment, causing students’ scores to improve by 0.13 standard deviations immediately after the program. The …