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> Strand 3: research surveys
Several months before the launch of the Review, 30 (now 28) surveys of published research relating to the Review’s ten themes were commissioned from 70 academic consultants in universities in Britain and other countries. The consultants were selected on the basis of competitive bidding from top-rated research departments. Taken together, these surveys provide the most comprehensive review of research relating to English primary education yet undertaken.
Research consultants were invited to summarise and assess published national and international research on specific topics derived from the Review’s ten themes, and to suggest options for policy and practice which attend to the problems and needs that have been identified. The research reports and their accompanying briefings were published in thematic groups over several months, starting in autumn 2007. They provoked considerable media, public and political interest, and provided the top UK news story on several occasions. Some press coverage following the interim report releases can be found here.
The research consultants involved are listed here.
The research reports and accompanying briefings have now all been released, and were published on this site as they became available. Each report was accompanied by a press release. While the survey reports themselves have now been withdrawn pending their revision for publication in autumn 2009,
click here to see the research report briefings and press releases.
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