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Discussion of the Government's plans for a new phonics test for 6-year-olds

Date: 18 January 2011 Time: 1.00 pm - 2.pm

Venue: C89 (meeting room 7) County South

The Coalition Government's Education White Paper contains plans for a phonics test for 6 year olds. The results of this test would be included in the RAISE online data analysis. This means the test would be very high stakes and that there will now be national reading assessments of children at 5, 6 and 7 years old in English schools. There is currently a consultation procedure underway. I will briefly introduce the plans and the response of the UK Literacy Association before opening a discussion. Whether interested as a parent, or as an academic concerned with literacy, early childhood education or processes of policy-making and public consultation we hope you will join us in discussion and indeed in responding to the consultation.

Dr Julia Gillen is co-editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy and a member of the UK Literacy Association.

Event website: http://www.literacy.lancs.ac.uk/what/lrdg/lrdg.htm

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Who can attend: Anyone

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Associated staff: Julia Gillen

Organising departments and research centres: Educational Research, Lancaster Literacy Research Centre, Linguistics and English Language

Keywords: Children, Education, Educational linguistics, Linguistics, Literacy, Policy, Policy and practice improvement, Psycholinguistics, Public engagement, Public policy

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