
Reading the data
Think tank: Education Policy Institute
Author(s): Tammy Campbell; Joni Kelly
November 5, 2024
This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute looks at what quantitative analyses can tell us about the national impacts of the phonics screening check.
A new report published by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) examines the impact of the national phonics screening check (PSC) on early reading development in primary schools across England.
The research by EPI uses national pupil-level census data for all children in year 1 in England from 2009 (well before the PSC was introduced) to 2018 (when it was well-established). It looks at children’s key stage 1 reading and writing results, and key stage 2 reading results.
It also looks at patterns of children being recorded with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND).