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The interim reports include the 30 research surveys commissioned from external consultants, together with a report on one of the Review’s two main consultation exercises: the community soundings (87 witness sessions with teachers, heads, parents, children and a wide range of community representatives, held in different parts of the country during 2007).

The list below starts with the community soundings report, which was written by the Review team. Then follow the 30 research surveys commissioned from the Review’s consultants. They are arranged by Review theme, not by the order of their publication. Report titles may be subject to minor amendment.

Once published, the interim reports, together with briefings summarising their findings, may be downloaded from this website. Click here to download the interim reports and briefings released so far.

REPORTS ON PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS
1. Community Soundings: report on the Primary Review regional witness sessions (Robin Alexander and Linda Hargreaves)

PURPOSES AND VALUES
2. Aims as policy in English primary education. Research survey 1/1 (John White)
3. Aims and values in primary education: England and other countries. Research survey 1/2 (Maha Shuayb and Sharon O’Donnell)
4. Aims for primary education: the changing national context. Research survey 1/3 (Stephen Machin and Sandra McNally)
5. Aims for primary education: changing global contexts. Research survey 1/4 (Hugh Lauder, John Lowe and Rita Chawla-Duggan)

LEARNING AND TEACHING
6. Children’s cognitive development and learning. Research survey 2/1a (Usha Goswami and Peter Bryant)
7. Children’s social development, peer interaction and classroom learning. Research survey 2/1b (Christine Howe and Neil Mercer)
8. Teaching in primary schools. Research survey 2/2 (Robin Alexander and Maurice Galton)
9. Learning and teaching in primary schools: evidence from TLRP. Research survey 2/4 (Mary James and Andrew Pollard)

CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT
10. Curriculum and assessment policy: England and other countries. Research survey 3/1 (Kathy Hall and Kamil Øzerk)
11. The trajectory and impact of national reform: curriculum and assessment in English primary schools. Research survey 3/2 (Dominic Wyse, Elaine McCreery and Harry Torrance)
12. Primary curriculum futures. Research survey 3/3 (James Conroy and Ian Menter)
13. The quality of learning: assessment alternatives for primary education. Research survey 3/4 (Wynne Harlen)

QUALITY AND STANDARDS
14. Standards and quality in English primary schools over time: the national evidence. Research survey 4/1 (Peter Tymms and Christine Merrell)
15. Standards in English primary education: the international evidence. Research survey 4/2 (Chris Whetton, Graham Ruddock and Liz Twist)
16. Quality assurance in English primary education. Research survey 4/3 (Peter Cunningham and Philip Raymont)

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
17. Children in primary education: demography, culture, diversity and inclusion. Research survey 5/1 (Mel Ainscow, Alan Dyson, Francis Gallanaugh and Jean Conteh)
18. Learning needs and difficulties among children of primary school age: definition, identification, provision and issues. Research survey 5/2 (Harry Daniels and Jill Porter)
19. Children and their primary schools: pupils' voices. Research survey 5/3 (Carol Robinson and Michael Fielding)

SETTINGS AND PROFESSIONALS
20. Primary schools: the built environment. Research survey 6/1 (Karl Wall, Julie Dockrell and Nick Peacey)
21. Primary schools: the professional environment. Research survey 6/2 (Ian Stronach, Andy Pickard and Elizabeth Jones)
22. Primary teachers: initial teacher education, continuing professional development and school leadership development. Research survey 6/3 (Olwen McNamara, Rosemary Webb and Mark Brundrett)
23. Primary workforce management and reform. Research survey 6/4 (Hilary Burgess)

PARENTING, CARING AND EDUCATING
24. Parenting, caring and educating. Research survey 7/1 (Yolande Muschamp, Felicity Wikeley, Tess Ridge and Maria Balarin)

BEYOND THE SCHOOL
25. Children’s lives outside school and their educational impact. Research survey 8/1 (Berry Mayall)
26. Primary schools and other agencies. Research survey 8/2 (Ian Barron, Rachel Holmes, Maggie MacLure and Katherine Runswick-Cole)

STRUCTURES AND PHASES
27. The structure of primary education: England and other countries. Research survey 9/1 (Anna Riggall and Caroline Sharp)
28. School level structures, pupil grouping and transition. Research survey 9/2 (Peter Blatchford, Susan Hallam, Judith Ireson, Peter Kutnick and Andrea Creech)

FUNDING AND GOVERNANCE
29. The funding of English primary education. Research survey 10/1 (Philip Noden and Anne West)
30. The governance and administration of English primary education. Research survey 10/2 (Maria Balarin and Hugh Lauder).

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