2011 Year One phonics screening check technical report

[debbie]

This might be of interest to some people - see in particular page 13 onwards (but bear in mind some programmes might have altered their pace of introducing the letter/s-sound correspondence subsequently - and pace still needs to reflect capacity of learning):



Year 1 phonics screening check

Pilot 2011: Technical report

What is this document about?

This document provides a technical evaluation of the Year 1 phonics screening check, including information relating to Ofqual’s common assessment criteria of validity, reliability, minimising bias, comparability and manageability as set out in its Regulatory Framework for National Assessment arrangements (Ofqual, 2011).

http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/14011/1/phonics%2 ... report.pdf

The impact of the Year 1 phonics screening check

 It is hoped that the Year 1 phonics screening check will encourage schools to pursue a rigorous phonics programme for all children at the start of primary school.

 The Year 1 phonics screening check should identify children who have not learned to decode using phonics to an age-appropriate standard by the end of Year 1. These children should then receive additional support to ensure they can improve their decoding skills.

 By promoting the teaching of systematic synthetic phonics and identifying children who need extra support, it is hoped that introducing the Year 1 phonics screening check will lead to an increase in the number of children able to read competently by the time they reach the end of Key Stages 1 and 2.

Please note: Some schools still do not 'pursue a rigorous phonics programme' in that the teachers may not know what a truly 'rigorous phonics programme' looks like in reality. They need the knowledge and skills to be able to fully evaluate their schools phonics provision and this is not always the case.

Also, the pilot check resulted in 32% of children reaching or exceeding the threshold mark of the Year One Phonics Screening Check - but subsequent annual results have risen to: 58%, 69%, 74% up to and including the 2014 check.

This suggests that phonics teaching is improving and teachers are mindful of the effectiveness of their phonics provision.

A report brought out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) in May 2014, however, indicates that many teachers who favour systematic synthetic phonics teaching still promote multi-cueing reading strategies which will not serve their children well.

[debbie]

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... evaluation

Phonics screening
check evaluation Research report

May 2014

Matthew Walker, Shelley Bartlett, Helen Betts, Marian Sainsbury & Jack Worth - National Foundation for Educational Research

[debbie]

Here is very useful information about the Year One Phonics Screening Check provided by Susan Godsland via her www.dyslexics.org.uk site:


http://www.dyslexics.org.uk/assessments.htm

[debbie]

Here is a link to another thread I developed focused on a look at phonics teaching and the advent of the Year One Phonics Screening Check in England:


http://phonicsinternational.com/forum/v ... .php?t=655