Is the National Literacy Strategy raising the achievement of lower attainers?

Author: Lingard, Tony¹

Source: British Journal of Special Education, Volume 27, Number 3, September 2000 , pp. 117-123(7)

Abstract:

Tony Lingard, Head of Learning Support, Camborne School and Community College, Cornwall, questions whether the National Literacy Strategy is raising the achievement of lower attainers and suggests adaptations, based on his own Literacy Acceleration programme, which he argues could make the Strategy far more effective.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.00173

Affiliations: 1: Camborne School and Community College

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