Development of all-day schools - What we can learn from 15 years of research

Since 2005 the “Study on the development of All-day Schools” analyzed the quantitative and qualitative development of all-day education and support. November 8 was time to take stock: what did research achieve in terms of results and ideas? Moreover, the conference participants discussed continuing challenges and development potentials of all-day schools. During a workshop, the IFS presented the intervention study dealing with effects of extra-curricular learning arrangements that promote reading comprehension. The reading promotion program “detective club”, which was designed especially for all-day primary schools, shows very good results as it results in a better development of reading comprehension especially of those children who start with very little reading capability.

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