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PEAL Research

A full list of references used to inform the PEAL project is given in Appendix 1 in the PEAL Reader, which is given out in the afternoon of the training course. Examples are available from the Sample Pages page.

Download three of the key pieces of underpinning research:
Desforges, C with Abouchaar, A (2003) The Impact of Parental Involvement, Parental Support and Family Education on Pupil Achievements and Adjustment: A Literature Review
[PDF 773KB]

Sylva, K; Melhuish, Edward; Sammons, Pam; Siraj-Blatchford, Iram and Taggartand, Brenda (2004) The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Final Report
Summary Report [PDF 1.3MB]
Final Report [PDF 2MB]

Moran, P, Ghate, Deborah and van der Merwe, Amelia, (2004) What Works in Parenting Support? A review of the international evidence
[PDF 1.3MB]

Other research links include:
Tunstill, J and others (2005)
Implementing Sure Start Local Programmes: An integrated overview of the first four years
http://www.ness.bbk.ac.uk/implementation/documents/1185.pdf/

Blanden, J (2006)
Bucking the Trend: What enables those who are disadvantaged in childhood to succeed in later life?
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/WP31.pdf

Department of Education and Skills (2003)
The Skills for Life Survey: A national needs and impact survey of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills.
http://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationDetail/Page1/RR490

National Literacy Trust  (2001)
Parental Involvement and Literacy Achievement: The research evidence and the way forward.  A review of the literature prepared by the National Literacy Trust.
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/research/nlt_research/279_parental_involvement_and_literacy_achievement

Research published since print of the PEAL material 2006 which is now included and referred to by trainers:
Melhuish, E and others (2006)
Outreach and Home Visiting Services in Sure Start Local Programmes, National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS) Report FR017
http://www.ness.bbk.ac.uk/implementation/documents/1387.pdf

Sammon, P and others (2007) 
Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) Summary Report Influences on Children’s Attainment and Progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive Outcomes in Year 5, Research Report RR828
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/161851.htm