The third group of interim reports was on the theme of Children's lives and voices: research on children at home and school, and was published November 23, 2007. This group consisted of:
• Research Survey 5/3 - Children and their Primary Schools: pupils' voices, Carol Robinson and Michael Fielding.
• Research Survey 7/1 - Parenting, Caring and Educating, Yolande Muschamp, Felicity Wikeley, Tess Ridge and Maria Balarin.
• Research Survey 8/1 - Children's Lives Outside School and their Educational Impact, Berry Mayall.
• Research Survey 8/2 - Primary Schools and Other Agencies, Ian Barron, Rachel Holmes, Maggie MacLure and Katherine Runswick-Cole.
A selection of press coverage of this third release of interim reports (23.11.07):
• General Teaching Council for England (GTC) website: 'Pupil voice and the Primary Review'.
• The Guardian: 'Don't teach to the test, say children' - Donald Macleod.
• The Guardian: 'Hard-pressed parents struggle to help with schoolwork' - Polly Curtis, Education Editor.
• Meltwater News: 'Children's lives more "scholarised"'.
• National Primary Headteachers' Association (NPhA): 'Primary Review: children's lives and their primary schools'.
• ePolitix.com: 'Primary Review - Children's lives and voices' - NUT response.
• Scholastic Magazine: 'Respect children's views, says new report'.
• Times Educational Supplement: 'Extended schools chip away at play' - Irena Barker.
• Times Educational Supplement: 'Mixture of ability is popular with pupils' - Adi Bloom.
• Times Educational Supplement: 'Test culture takes toll on young' - Adi Bloom.
• The Press Association: 'Children's lives more "scholarised"'.
• The Telegraph: 'All work and no play for today's pupils' - Graeme Paton, Education Editor.
• Times Online: 'Extra tuition and clubs give pupils no rest from learning' - Alexandra Frean, Education Editor.
• The Guardian: 'In praise of ... child's play'.
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The second group of interim reports was on the theme of How well are we doing? Research on standards, quality and assessment in English primary education, and was published November 2, 2007. This group consisted of:
• Research Survey 3/4 - The Quality of Learning: assessment alternatives for primary education, Wynne Harlen.
• Research Survey 4/1 - Standards and quality in English primary schools over time: the national evidence, Peter Tymms and Christine Merrell.
• Research Survey 4/2 - Standards in English primary schools: the international evidence, Chris Whetton, Graham Ruddock and Liz Twist.
A selection of press coverage of this second release of interim reports (02.11.07):
• Times Educational Supplement : 'Testing times for primary assessment' - piece by Robin Alexander to mark the release of the second group of interim reports.
• BBC news: 'School literacy scheme attacked: Costly literacy schemes in England have not paid off, with children's reading skills barely improved since the 1950s, an independent inquiry suggests'.
• Times Educational Supplement : 'Test regime must change' - Warwick Mansell.
• ePolitix.com: 'Literacy drive has had "almost no effect"'.
• The Guardian: 'Test results for third of primary students wrong, says study' - Polly Curtis, Education Editor.
• The Guardian: 'Literacy drive has almost no impact' - Press Association.
• ictheWharf.co.uk: 'Literacy drive has almost no impact'.
• The Independent: 'Thousands of pupils given wrong grade in 3R tests' - Richard Garner, Education Editor.
• Inthenews.co.uk: 'Report: Literacy growth statistic'.
• Liberal Democrats website: 'Primary education in danger of teaching to the test - Laws' - reporting comment by Mr David Laws MP.
• Northern Echo: 'Cash boost fails to lift standards in reading' - Tony Kearney.
• Sky News: 'Primary school tests blasted by experts'.
• The Telegraph: 'Too much testing "harms primary school pupils"' - Graeme Paton, Education Editor.
• Times Online: '£500m literacy drive is a flop, say experts' - Alexandra Frean, Education Editor.
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