Sir Jim Rose, who is leading the review, will make recommendations onidentifying and teaching children with dyslexia and help the Governmentto establish a pilot scheme in which affected children will receivereading support or one-to-one tuition from dyslexia teachers.
The review focuses on children moving from the Early Years FoundationStage to the first year of primary school (News, 17 January). Sir JimRose is due to present his findings on dyslexia in 2009.
The announcement follows research published in March by Hull university,which found that half of children who fail their SATs tests at primaryschool show signs of dyslexia or specific learning difficulties (News,20 March).
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