... in other areas of literacy since the introduction of the strategy. Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) believed that whilst the NLS entered its third year the quality of writing had shown a steady improvement; 'Test results for 11 year olds in writing has improved, but attainment in writing is still to low and lags well behind attainment in reading. The fall in standards of reading this year, albeit slight, may reflect teachers' increased focus on writing' OFSTED 2001 Work has continued in this area to further improve the writing skills in primary and secondary schools. The NLS gave teachers tools to help with the progression of literacy, although non-statutory, the majority of schools are using the 'Literacy Hour' as a means of teaching. The literacy hour encourages knowledge and understanding about language and offers a framework for looking at books and resources at text, sentence and word level. Over the past decade ...

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