Literacy Advance Research Project

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.

Phase 1 – Learning to Read in the Early Primary Years    (593.22 KB, 113 pages) (2000)

Phase 2 - Three Years On - Literacy Advance in the Early and Middle Primary Years    (1.40 MB, 97 pages) (2002)

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