Literacy Specific Publications

A longitudinal study of literacy development from the year prior to school to the first four years of school.

Download: 100 children turn 10

Year Published: 2002

Conducted by Professor Kevin Wheldall, Macquarie University Special Education Centre Director, and Robyn Beaman, Centre Research and Development Manager. The project examined research data gathered on low-progress readers typically from Years 2-7, attending MULTILIT programmes over the years 1996-1998. The project’s main aim was to provide an evaluation of the efficacy of the MULTILIT programme in redressing the literacy difficulties of older low-progress readers. MULTILIT stands for ‘Making Up Lost Time in Literacy’. It is a systematic, skills-based literacy programme for researching and developing more effective ways of teaching older low-progress students experiencing severe difficulties in learning literacy skills. 

Download: An Evaluation of MULTILIT ‘Making Up Lost Time in Literacy’

Year Published: 2000

The Boys, Literacy and Schooling: Expanding the Repertoires of Practice research was undertaken by the Curriculum Corporation, James Cook University and Griffith University and focuses on current practices in teaching educationally disadvantaged/underachieving boys and their literacy development. The research study involved a comprehensive literature review to: (a) establish what we know about literacy development of boys; and (b) identify gaps in the research. The project's activities involved examining and documenting strategies which have proven to be effective in improving the literacy outcomes of boys and piloting the strategies in a small number of primary schools.

Download: Boys, Literacy and Schooling

Year Published: 2002

This study, conducted by the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria, follows the literacy development of primary students from Year 1 to Year 3. The study began in 1998 and follows the literacy development of more than 34,000 Year 1 students in more than 300 classes in 161 Catholic primary schools across Victoria.

The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of selected approaches to literacy and to explore a range of school, classroom and background influences on the literacy development of students.

Download: Phase 1 – Learning to Read in the Early Primary Years

Year Published 2000

Download: Phase 2 - Three Years On - Literacy Advance in the Early and Middle Primary Years

Year Published 2000

Hard copies of the report are available from the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria's Website    
 

The Department of Education, Science and Training and the Department of Defence engaged KPMG Consulting in association with the Australian Council for Educational Research, to complete a scoping study to assess the impact that frequent family relocation has on learning outcomes of school-aged children from the preparatory years to Year 12. This study focussed on the school-aged children of families that have experienced relocation, including those of the Australian Defence Force personnel.

Download: the Student Mobility Report

Year Published: 2002

Literacy for All: The Challenge for Australian Schools
Year Published: 1998