Reading and writing in years 1 and 2.

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1. Overview -- Teaching practices -- Using assessment information -- Improving and monitoring achievement -- Next steps -- 2. Introduction -- Why focus on the early teaching of reading and writing? -- Expectations -- Schools in this study -- Evaluation framework and approach -- 3. Findings -- Reading -- The overall quality of teaching of reading in Years 1 and -- Using reading assessments in Years 1 and 2 to inform teaching -- What was working well in schools -- What was not working well -- What were teachers using to assess reading? -- Using instructional reading strategies in the classroom -- What was working well in schools -- What was not working well -- Professional learning and development teachers had engaged in to support -- instructional reading programmes -- Writing -- The overall quality of teaching of writing in Years 1 and -- Using writing assessments to inform teaching -- What was working well in schools -- What was not working well -- Assessment tools used for Years 1 and 2 writing -- Using instructional teaching strategies in the classroom -- What was working well in schools -- What was not working well -- Writing professional learning and development -- Promoting and monitoring high expectations for achievement -- Promoting high expectations for achievement in reading and writing -- What was working well in schools -- What was not working well -- The goals and targets schools are setting for Years 1 and 2 children -- School leaders monitoring achievement and progress in reading and writing -- What was working well in schools -- What was not working well -- Interventions provided by schools -- 4. Discussion -- Learning to read and write -- Creating an environment to learn -- Assessing to learn -- Setting and monitoring expectations -- Intervening for success -- 5. Conclusion -- Teachers -- School leaders -- Trustees -- Next steps -- Appendix 1. Methodology -- Evaluation framework and approach -- Sample of schools -- Appendix 2. Evaluative questions -- Section A. Reading -- Section B. Writing -- Section C. Expectations for achievement -- Appendix 3. Glossary of terms.