what children know and can do when they start school and how this varies between countries

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Using computer-based instruction to improve Indigenous early literacy in Northern Australia: A quasi-experimental study

“…Test-retest reliability for the UK version of the PIPS-BLA ranged from .91 to .98 and predictive validity for reading and maths was .70 and .65, respectively (Tymms, 2002). Studies have shown the four scales to be internally reliable with Cronbach's alphas of 0.95, 0.93, 0.86 and 0.86 for Reading, Mathematics, Vocabulary and Phonological Awareness, respectively (Merrell & Tymms, 2007).…”

Examining the quality of phonological representations in Anindilyakwa children in Australia

“…These measures are referred to as PA measures in most publications relating to PIPS, e.g. Merrell and Tymms (), but another paper by these and additional authors (Tymms et al . ) noted these measures as being ‘abbreviated to phonics’.…”

Creativity in recent educational discourse in England

“…So, while creativity, through the Creative Partnerships programme, was being offered as a public policy ‘solution’ to concerns about disaffection and unhappiness in school, and to a plateau in pupils’ performance in national and international league tables of test results, it was required to complement rather than unsettle the standards agendas (Buckingham and Jones 2001; Tymms 2004; Merrell and Tymms 2007). The juggling act required is evident in the discursive shifts and balances observable even in early public interviews with senior Creative Partnerships' staff.…”