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Study claims early years initiatives show 'no impact'
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
5 September 2007
Children's vocabulary and their ability to count and recognise shapes and letters when they start school has not changed since the introduction of Government early years initiatives, including Sure Start children's centres and the expansion of free nursery education, claims a new report.
The Durham University Study assessed 35,000 children in 124 primary schools in England just after they started reception in every year from 2001 to 2006. Durham University's CEM Centre collects data on thousands of children when they start school using Performance Indicators in Primary Schools (PIPS) tests to assess their knowledge of vocabulary, letters and words, their...
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