National co-ordination and evaluation of the Secondary Literacy Project (SLP) 2009-2012: Summary Publications
Publication Details
This is the first of two reports on the Secondary Literacy Project (SLP) and presents outcomes of the implementation of professional learning in schools for the teaching of literacy in Years 9 and 10. The aim of the SLP was to increase the achievement of Years 9 and 10 students underachieving in reading and writing. There was a particular focus on underachieving Māori and Pasifika learners.
Author(s): Woolf Fisher Research Centre, University of Auckland.
Date Published: April 2013
Executive Summary
This is the summary report for the Secondary Literacy Project (SLP) 2009-2012. The purpose of this report is to give a brief summary of the eighth and final milestone for the National Co-ordination and Evaluation of the SLP. We will present evidence about the implementation of SLP and about shifts in student achievement, literacy teaching and literacy leadership.
SLP was a Ministry of Education funded secondary school literacy professional development initiative with the overarching aim of increasing the achievement of underachieving Year 9 and 10 students in reading and writing, particularly for underachieving Māori and underachieving Pasifika students. SLP was not conceptualised as a ‘remedial’ literacy programme but aspired rather to foster the sophisticated, subject-specific literacy skills and knowledge students need to succeed at school and beyond. The project aimed to develop quality literacy teaching in mainstream subject-area classrooms as the main mechanism for achieving the student achievement goals. Thirty schools participated in 2009-2010 (Cohort 1), and another thirty in 2010-2011 (Cohort 2) (see Figure 1). Participating schools each received support, including professional development support and funding, over a two-year period.
Figure 1: Dates of Cohort school involvement
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