Professor Edward C Melhuish

Edward C. MELHUISH B.Sc. (Brist), Ph.D. (Lond)

Position: Professor of Human Development

Office: Institute for the Study of Children, Families & Social Issues,

7 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3RA

Phone: +44 20 7079 0834

Fax: +44 20 7323 4738

Email: e.melhuish@bbk.ac.uk

Research

My research interests are in understanding social and communicative development in childhood particularly environmental influences through the use of longitudinal studies. Other interests include pre-school care and education; parenting; and the linking of child development and social policy.

My work has been concerned with using theoretically driven research to address applied issues and produce improvements in development and well-being. This has included topics such as the development of pre-term babies; the children of psychiatrically disturbed parents; social, linguistic and cognitive development; emergent literacy; day care and the evaluation of policy initiatives. Such work regularly involves collaboration with social, biological and medical scientists in studying child development and the influence of experience. I have also collaborated in research projects in twelve countries on behalf of the European Commission. Current work on evaluating interventions such as pre-school provision, parent support etc., derive from theoretical work on the importance of particular environmental input affecting children’s development, and the results are influencing policy. I am involved in longitudinal studies of family and pre-school factors affecting child development in England (EPPE) and Northern Ireland (EPPNI). I am executive director of the National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS). Sure Start is an early intervention programme targeting disadvantaged young children and their families. The evaluation examines under what conditions Sure Start programmes are affecting children, families and communities. This work involves an investigation of 20,000 children and families and a longitudinal follow-up of 8,000 children in poor communities. In addition I have worked with local, national and international governmental organizations to use developmental research to inform public policy to improve the lives of families and young children. My research has had considerable influence on sections of the 1989 Children Act, 2005 Children Act, 2006 Childcare Bill and UK policy on childcare, preschool education, child poverty and parental support.

Recent publications

2010

Daglar, M., Melhuish, E., & Barnes, J. (in press). Parenting and preschool child behaviour amongst Turkish immigrant, migrant and non-migrant families. European Journal of Developmental Psychology.

Melhuish, E, Belsky, J., & Barnes, J. (in press). Evaluation and value of Sure Start. Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I. and Taggart, B., (Eds) (2010). Early Childhood Matters: Evidence from the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education Project. London: Routledge.

Melhuish,E, Belsky, J., & Barnes, J. (2010). Child health and well-being in the early years: the National Evaluation of Sure Start. In A. Killoran & M. Kelly (Eds.) Evidenced-based Public Health. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2009

Friedman, S.L., Melhuish, E. & Hill, C. (2009). Childcare Research at the Dawn of a New Millennium: An update. In G. Bremner & T. Wachs (Eds.) Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development, second edition. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Hall, J.E., Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Taggart, B., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Smees, R. (in press). Measuring the combined risk to young children’s cognitive development: An alternative to cumulative indices. British Journal of Developmental Psychology.

Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Melhuish, E. and Taggart, B. (in press), 'Mixed methods in early childhood research'. British Educational Research Journal.

Hall, J., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I. & Taggart, B. (2009), ‘The role of pre-school quality in promoting resilience in the cognitive development of young children’. Oxford Review of Education, 35, 331–352.

Belsky, J. & Melhuish, E. (2009). Early Intervention for Young Children and their Families in England: The Sure Start Journey Over the Last Decade. In U. Von der Leyen & V. Spidla (Eds.) Voneinander lernen - miteinander handeln: Aufgaben und Perspektiven der Europdischen Allianz fur Familien (pp. 277-284) (Shared experience, concerted action: Ideas.

2008

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Melhuish, E. and Taggart, B. (2008), 'Is public investment in the early years worthwhile?' Early Education, 54, 3-4.

Sammons, P., Anders, Y., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B. & Barreau, S. (2008), ‘Children’s cognitive attainment and progress in English primary schools during Key Stage 2: Investigating the potential continuing influences of pre-school education’. In H-G. Roßbach& H-P. Blossfeld (Eds.) Frühpädagogische förderung in institutionen: Zeitschrift für erziehungswissenschaft Sonderheft 11 (pp. 179-198). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

NESS Research team (2008). The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on three year olds and their families. London: DCSF.

Evangelou, M., Taggart, B., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P. and Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2008), Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education 3-14 Project (EPPSE 3-14): What Makes a Successful Transition from Primary to Secondary School? Research Report No. DCSF-RR019. Nottingham: DCSF.

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B. and Hunt, S. and Jelicic, H, (2008), Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) ‘Influences on children’s cognitive and social development in Year 6’. Department of Children, Schools and Families DCSF Research Brief RB048-049Nottingham: DCSF.

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Jelicic, H., Smees, R., Barreau, S. and Grabbe, Y. (2008), Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) Pupils’ self-perceptions and views of primary school in Year 5. DCSF Research Brief RBX 15-08. Nottingham: DCSF.

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Barreau, S., & Grabbe, Y. (2008). The Influence of School and Teaching Quality on Children’s Progress in Primary School. Nottingham: DCSF.

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Barreau, S. and Grabbe, Y. (2008), The Influence of School and Teaching Quality on Children’s Progress in Primary School Department of Children, Schools and Families DCSF Research Brief RB028. Nottingham: DCSF.

Taggart, B., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., & Sammons, P. (2008). Influencing Policy and Practice through Research on Early Childhood Education. International Journal of Early Childhood Education, 14, 7-21.

Melhuish, E., Belsky, J., & Malin, A. (2008). An Investigation of the Relationship between Financial Capability and Psychological Well-being in Mothers of Young Children in Poor Areas in England. FSA Occasional Paper Series #30. London, Financial Services Authority. Full paper.

Belsky, J., Melhuish, E., & Barnes, J. (2008). Research and policy in developing an Early Years’ Initiative: The case of Sure Start. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2, 1-13.

Melhuish, E. Belsky, J., Leyland, A.H., Barnes, J. & NESS Research Team (2008). Effects of fully-established Sure Start Local Programmes on 3-year-old children and their families living in England: a quasi-experimental observational study. Lancet, 372, 1641-1647.

Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Taggart, B., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Hunt, S., Barreau, S., & Welcomme, W. (2008). Tracking and mobility over the pre-school and primary school period: Evidence from EPPE 3-11. London: Institute of Education.

Melhuish, E.C., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Phan, M. & Malin, A. (2008). Preschool influences on mathematics achievement. Science, 321, 1161-1162.

Melhuish, E.C., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., & Phan, M.(2008). Effects of the Home Learning Environment and preschool center experience upon literacy and numeracy development in early primary school. Journal of Social Issues, 64, 157-188.

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Jelicic, H., Barreau, S., Grabbe, Y., & Smees, R. (2008). Relationships between pupils’ self-perceptions, views of primary school and their development in Year 5. London: Institute of Education

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Smees B., & Melhuish, E. (2008). Influences on pupils' self-perceptions in primary school: Enjoyment of school, Anxiety and Isolation, and Self-image in Year 5. London: Institute of Education

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Smees R., & Melhuish, E. (2008). Exploring pupils’ views of primary school in Year 5. London: Institute of Education.

Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Taggart, B., Sammons, P., & Melhuish, E. (2008), Towards the transformation of Early Childhood Practice: The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) project. Cambridge Journal of Education, 38, 23-36.

Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford I., & Taggart, B. (2008). Final Report from the Primary Phase: Pre-school, School and Family Influences on children’s development during Key Stage 2 (7-11). Nottingham: DCSF

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Jelicic, H. (2008). Influences on Children’s Development and Progress in Key Stage 2: Social/behavioural outcomes in Year 6. London: DCSF

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Hunt, S. (2008). Influences on Children’s Attainment and Progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive outcomes in Year 6. London: DCSF

NESS Research team (2008). The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on three year olds and their families. London: DCSF

2007

Melhuish, E. & Hall, D. (2007). The policy background to Sure Start. In J. Belsky, J. Barnes & E. Melhuish (Eds.) The National Evaluation of Sure Start: Does area-based early intervention work? (pp 3-22). Bristol: Policy Press.

Belsky, J. & Melhuish, E. (2007). Impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on children and families. In J. Belsky, J. Barnes & E. Melhuish (Eds.) The National Evaluation of Sure Start: Does area-based early intervention work? (pp 133-154). Bristol: Policy Press.

Melhuish, E. Belsky, J., Anning, A. & Ball, M. (2007). Variation in Sure Start Local Programmes: consequences for children and families. In J. Belsky, J. Barnes & E. Melhuish (Eds.) The National Evaluation of Sure Start: Does area-based early intervention work? (pp 155-172). Bristol: Policy Press.

Melhuish, E.C., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., & Phan, M. (2007). In EPPE (3-11) Team (Eds.) Promoting Equality in the Early Years: Report to The Equalities Review. London: Cabinet Office. http://www.equalitiesreview.org.uk

Sammons, P , Melhuish, E.C., Sylva, K.,., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., & Phan, M. (2007). In EPPE (3-11) Team (Eds.) Promoting Equality in the Early Years: Report to The Equalities Review. London: Cabinet Office. http://www.equalitiesreview.org.uk

Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P , Melhuish, E.C., Sylva, K.,., Taggart, B., & Phan, M. (2007). In EPPE (3-11) Team (Eds.) Promoting Equality in the Early Years: Report to The Equalities Review. London: Cabinet Office. http://www.equalitiesreview.org.uk

Sylva, K., Taggart, B., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2007). Changing models of research to inform educational policy. Research Papers in Education, 22, 155-168.

Melhuish, E.C., Belsky, J., Anning, A., Ball, M., Barnes, J., Romaniuk, H., Leyland, A., & NESS Research Team (2007). Variation in Sure Start Local Programme implementation and its consequences for children and families. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 543-551.

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Grabbe, Y. and Barreau, S. (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. DfES Report No. RR828. Nottingham: DfES Publications.

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Grabbe, Y. (2007). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Influences on Children’s Attainment and Progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive Outcomes in Year 5. Full Report. London: Institute of Education. http://www.ioe.ac.uk/schools/ecpe/eppe/eppe3-11pubs.htm

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Barreau, S. (2007). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Influences on Children’s Attainment and Progress in Key Stage 2: Social/behavioural outcomes in Year 5. Full report. London: Institute of Education. http://www.ioe.ac.uk/schools/ecpe/eppe3-11pubs.htm

Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 (EPPE 3-11) Team (2007). Promoting Equality in the Early Years: Report to The Equalities Review. London: Cabinet Office. http://www.equalitiesreview.org.uk

Anning, A., Ball, M., Belsky, J., & Melhuish, E. (2007). Predicting impact in an early years intervention: the design of a tool using qualitative and quantitative methods. Journal of Children's Services, 2, 27-42.

Belsky, J., Barnes, J., & Melhuish, E.C. (Eds.) (2007). The National Evaluation of Sure Start: Does area-based early intervention work? Bristol: The Policy Press.

2006

Melhuish, E.C. (2006). Policy & Research on preschool care and education in the UK. In E. Melhuish & K. Petrogiannis (Eds.), Early Childhood Care and Education: International perspectives on policy and research. London: Routledge.

Melhuish, E.C. & Petrogiannis, K. (2006). Introducing international perspectives on early childhood care and education. In E. Melhuish & K. Petrogiannis (Eds.), Early Childhood Care and Education: International perspectives on policy and research. London: Routledge.

Melhuish, E.C. & Petrogiannis, K. (2006). An international overview of early childhood care and education. In E. Melhuish & K. Petrogiannis (Eds.), Early Childhood Care and Education: International perspectives on policy and research. London: Routledge.

Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Hanna, K., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P. & Taggart, B. (2006). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Summary Report. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

Melhuish, E., Romaniuk, H., Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I. & Taggart B. (2006). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 (EPPE 3-11) project. The Effectiveness of Primary Schools in England in Key Stage 2 for 2002, 2003 and 2004. DfES Research Brief X06-06. Nottingham: DfES.

NESS Research Team (2006). Evaluating Sure Start. Poverty, 123, 3-4.

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., & Grabbe, Y. (2006). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) Report on Children’s progress through to Year 5 of primary school education – cognitive outcomes. Nottingham: DfES.

Sammons, P., Taggart, B., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Barreau, S. and Manni, L. (2006a). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) Variations in Teacher and Pupil Behaviours in Year 5 Classes. DfES Research Brief 817. Nottingham: DfES.

Taggart, B., Sammons, P., Smees, R., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Elliot, K. & Lunt I. (2006). Early Identification of Special Needs and the Definition of ‘At Risk’. The Early Years Transition and Special Educational Needs (EYTSEN) Project. British Journal of Special Education, 33, 40 – 46.

Barnes, J., Belsky, J., Broomfield, K., Melhuish, E. & the NESS Research Team (2006). Neighbourhood deprivation, school disorder and academic achievement in primary schools in deprived communities in England. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 30, 127-136.

Belsky, J., Melhuish, E., Barnes, J., Leyland, A., Romaniuk, H. & the NESS Research Team (2006). Effects of Sure Start Local Programmes on Children and Families: Early Findings From a Quasi-experimental, Cross-sectional Study. British Medical Journal, 332, 1476-1478.

Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2006). The Effective Provision of Preschool Education (EPPE) Project. In J. J. van Kuyk, (Ed.), The Quality of Early Childhood Education. Arnhem, The Netherlands: Cito.

Melhuish, E.C. (2006). Early years Childcare Research in the UK. In M.Takeuchi, R. Scott, D. Benesh, & N. Carlson (Eds.), New Directions for Early Childhood Education and Care in the 21st Century: International perspectives. Cedar Falls, IA; Martin Quam Press.

Melhuish E.C. & Petrogiannis , K. (Eds.) (2006). Early Childhood Care and Education: International perspectives on policy and research. London: Routledge.

NESS Research Team (2006). Evaluating a national intervention programme for disadvantaged young children: the evaluation of Sure Start Local Programmes in England. In M. Junger, R. Tremblay, W. Koops, B. Prinsen & H. Jonkman (Eds.), Early interventions to prevent conduct disorders: Opportunities and problems. Amsterdam: Psychology Press.

Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P., Taggart, B., Sylva, K. and Melhuish, E. (2006). Educational Research and Evidence-Based Policy: The Mixed-method Approach of the EPPE Project. Evaluation of Research in Education, 19, 63-82.

Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Melhuish, E.C., & Sammons, P. (2006). Capturing quality in early childhood through environmental rating scales. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21, 76-92..

Melhuish, E., Romaniuk, H., Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I. & Taggart B. (2006). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 (EPPE 3-11) project. The Effectiveness of Primary Schools in England in Key Stage 2 for 2002, 2003 and 2004. Full Report. London: Institute of Education. http://www.ioe.ac.uk/schools/ecpe/eppe/eppe3-11pubs.htm

Sammons, P., Taggart, B., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Barreau, S. and Manni, L. (2006). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) Variations in Teacher and Pupil Behaviours in Year 5 Classes and associations with school characteristics. Full report. London: Institute of Education. http://www.ioe.ac.uk/schools/ecpe/eppe/eppe3-11pubs.htm

Taggart, B., Sammons, P., Smees, R., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Elliot, K. & Lunt, I. (2006). Early identification of special needs and the definition of “at risk”. British Journal of Special Education, 33, 40-45.

2005

Quinn, L., Melhuish, E., Hanna, K., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P., Taggart, B. & Doyle A. (2005). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 12: Pre-school Experience and Literacy and Numeracy Development At the End of Key Stage 1. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

Melhuish, E.C. (2005). Daycare. In B. Hopkins et al. (Eds.), Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Child Development. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.

Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Taggart, B. and Elliot, K. (2005). Investigating the Effects of Pre-school Provision: Using mixed methods in the EPPE research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8, 207-224.

Barnes, J., Belsky, J., Broomfield, K., Dave, S., Frost, M., Melhuish, E. & the NESS Research Team (2005). Disadvantaged but different: Variation among deprived communities in relation to child and family well-being. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46, 952-962.

Hanna, K., Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P. & Taggart, B. (2005). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 13: Identifying and Monitoring Changes in Special Educational Needs in the Early Years. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

NESS Research Team (2005). Early Impacts of Sure Start Local Programmes on Children and Families. Surestart Report 13. London: DfES. Available at http://www.ness.bbk.ac.uk/documents/activities/impact/1183.pdf

NESS Research Team (2005). Variation in Sure Start Local Programmes Effectiveness: Early Preliminary Findings. Surestart Report 14 . London: DfES. Avaialable at http://www.ness.bbk.ac.uk/documents/activities/impact/1184.pdf

Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Taggart, B., Melhuish, E. and Sammons, P. (2005). The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education Project: Findings from the pre-school period. In E. Hammes-Di Bernardo and S. Hebenstreit-Mulkler (Eds.) Innovationsprojekt Fruhpadagogik. Professionalitat im Verbund von Praxis, Forschung, Aus-und Weiterbildung (Vol. 10., pp. 72 - 86). Baltmannsweiler, Germany: Schneider Verlag Hohengebren GmbH. Baltmannsweiler.

2004

Quinn, L., Melhuish, E., Hanna, K., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 7: Pre-school Experience and Social/Behavioural Development at the End of Year 1 of Primary School. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

Quinn, L., Hanna, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Sammons, P. & Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 8: EPPNI Case Studies. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Hanna, K., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P. & Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 9: Pre-school Experience and Social/Behavioural Development at the End of Year 2 of Primary School. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Hanna, K., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P. & Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 10: Pre-school Experience and Literacy and Numeracy Development at the End of Year 2 of Primary School. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

Melhuish, E. C. (2004). A literature review of the impact of early years provision upon young children, with emphasis given to children from disadvantaged backgrounds: Report to the Comptroller and Auditor General. London: National Audit Office. Available here

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B, Elliott, K., & Marsh, A. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Technical Paper 9: Report on age 6 assessments. London: Institute of Education.

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B, Elliott, K., & Marsh, A. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Technical Paper 11: The continuing effect of pre-school education at age 7 years. London: Institute of Education.

Sammons, P., Smees, R., Taggart, B, Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Elliott, K. (2004). The Early Years Transitions and Special Educational Needs (EYTSEN) Project. Technical Paper 2: Special Needs over the Early Primary Years. London: Institute of Education.

Taggart, B, Sammons, P., Smees, R., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Elliott, K. (2004). The Early Years Transitions and Special Educational Needs (EYTSEN) Project. Technical Paper 3: The Parents’ Perspective. London: Institute of Education.

Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2004). Effective Pre-school Provision. London: Institute of Education.

NESS Research Team (2004). The Impact of Sure Start local programmes on Child Development and Family Functioning: Report of preliminary findings. London: DfES

NESS Research Team (2004). Characteristics of Sure Start local programmes 2001/2. London: DfES.

Melhuish, E., Hanna, K., Quinn, L., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P. & Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project. Technical Paper 11: Pre-school Experience and Social/Behavioural Development At the End of Year 3 of Primary School. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

Sammons, P., Elliot, K., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E.C., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2004). The impact of pre-school on young children’s cognitive attainments at entry to reception. British Educational Research Journal, 30, 691-712.

Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E. C., & Sammons, P. (2004). Effective pre-school and primary education. Primary Practice, 37, 28-31.

Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Taggart, B., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P. and Elliot, K. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education Project: Findings from the pre-school period. In M. Gaspar (Ed.), Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia. Infancia. Familia, communidade e educacao (Vol. Ano 38 - 1, 2 e 3, pp. 203 - 219). Coimbra, Portugal: Universidade De Coimbra.

NESS Research Team (2004). The National Evaluation of Sure Start Local Programmes in England. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 9, 2-8.

Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B. and Elliot, K. (2004). Zu den Auswirkungen vorschulischer Einrichtungen in England. In G. Faust, M. Goetz, H. Hacker and H. G. Rossbach (Eds.), Anschlussfaehige Bildungsprozesse im Elementar- und Primarbereich (pp. 154-167). Bad Heilbrunn/Obb: Klinkhardt.

Melhuish, E. C. (2004). Child Benefits: The importance of investing in quality childcare. London: Daycare Trust.

Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Findings from Pre-school to the end of Key Stage 1. London: DfES.

Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Findings from the Early Primary Years. London: DfES.

Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Final Report. A Longitudinal Study funded by the DfES 1997-2004. London: DfES.

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B, Elliott, K., & Marsh, A. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Technical Paper 9: Report on age 6 assessments. London: Institute of Education.

Sammons, P., Smees, R., Taggart, B, Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Elliott, K. (2004). The Early Years Transitions and Special Educational Needs (EYTSEN) Project: Technical Paper 2: Special Needs over the Early Primary Years. London: Institute of Education.

Taggart, B, Sammons, P., Smees, R., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Elliott, K. (2004). The Early Years Transitions and Special Educational Needs (EYTSEN) Project: Technical Paper 3: The Parents’ Perspective. London: Institute of Education.

Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I. and Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Technical Paper 12 - The final report. London: DfES / Institute of Education, University of London

NESS Research Team (2004). Towards understanding Sure Start local programmes: Summary of findings from the national evaluation. London: DfES

2003

Sammons, P., Smees, R., Taggart, B., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E. C., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Elliot, K. (2003). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education Project. Technical Paper 8b: Measuring the impact on children’s social behavioural development over the pre-school years. London: Institute of Education/DfES.

Quinn, L., Melhuish, E. C., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Hanna, K., & Sweeney, G. (2003). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project. Technical Paper 6: Pre-school experience and cognitive development and progress at the end of Year 1. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Taggart, B. Sammons, P., Melhuish, E, & Elliot,K. (2003). The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project. Technical Paper 10: Intensive Case Studies of Practice across the Foundation Stage. London: DfEE / Institute of Education, University of London.

Melhuish, E.C. (2003). Quality and quantity: what works in effective pre-school education.. Family Today, 8, 13-16.

2002

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E. C., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., & Elliot, K. (2002). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education Project. Technical Paper 8a: Measuring the impact on children’s cognitive development over the pre-school years. London: Institute of Education/DfES.

Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E. C., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., & Elliot, K. (2002). EYTSEN Technical Paper 1: Special Needs across the Pre-school Period. London: Institute of Education/DfES.

Melhuish, E.C. (2002). Prospects for research on the quality of the pre-school experience. In W.W. Hartup, & R.K. Silbereisen (Eds.), Growing points in Developmental Science. Hove: Psychology Press.

NESS research team (2002). Asking the right questions: The National Evaluation of Sure Start. Interplay, 1, 26-31.

Melhuish, E.C. & NESS team (2002). Asking the right questions: The National Evaluation of Sure Start. Interplay, 1, 26-31.

Quinn, L., Colhoun, J., Taggart, B., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Sammons, P.& McSherry, K. (2002) The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 3: Pre-school Centre Characteristics. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B. & Currie, G. (2002) The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 4: Pre-school Experience and Social/behavioural Development at the Start of Primary School. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B. & Shields, C. (2002) The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 5: Pre-school Experience and Cognitive Development at the Start of Primary School. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.

2001

Melhuish, E. C., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2001). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education Project. Technical Paper 7: Social/behavioural and cognitive development at 3-4 years in relation to family background. London: Institute of Education/DfES.

Petrogiannis K. & Melhuish, E. C. (Eds.) (2001). International perspectives on pre-school research. Athens: Kastaniotis.

Melhuish, E. C. (2001). The quest for quality in early day care and pre-school experience continues. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 25, 1-6.

Melhuish, E. C. (2001). British research on infant and pre-school day care and education. In K. Petrogiannis K. & E. C. Melhuish (Eds.), International perspectives on pre-school research. Athens: Kastaniotis.

Hwang, P., Melhuish, E. C., & Edwards, T. (2001). Swedish research on pre-school day care and education. In K. Petrogiannis, & E. C. Melhuish (Eds.), International perspectives on pre-school research. Athens: Kastaniotis.

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