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Written question asked by Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 12 December 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 December 2011. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Reading: Primary Education

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what evaluation his Department plans to undertake on his proposed phonics screening at age six (a) 12 months and (b) 24 months following the commencement of the programme; and whether he plans to evaluate the effects of screening on children with speech, language and communication needs.
Answer

[holding answer 15 December 2011]: The Department is currently scoping a research project to evaluate the impact of the phonics screening check. It will be important that this evaluation considers the impact of the screening check on different groups of children, including children with a range of different special education needs.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
86805; 537 c1228W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Reading Teaching methods
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk