ÌÇÐÄVlog

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library revealed an understanding of the importance of early reading and offered help to those who could not provide the environment themselves, writes Professor Jessie Ricketts

There is more freely accessible support than ever to help secondary schools boost students’ literacy, yet some of this may be passing school leaders by, writes Jessie Ricketts

The DfE plans to introduce a new reading assessment for Year 8, but how useful would this be for schools? Reading researcher Jessie Ricketts gives her view

Reading assessments can lead schools to think that an intervention hasn’t worked, but that’s not always the right conclusion, says Jessie Ricketts

Secondary students are struggling with reading, and schools are finding it hard to support them, say Jessie Ricketts and Laura Shapiro, who have published new research on how to help

Teachers have observed an apparent decline in children’s literacy as they move from primary to secondary school. But does this slump really exist? Reading researcher Jessie Ricketts finds out