Literacy Cubed Need Analysis Report

This Needs Analysis Report was produced by UCL Institute of Education (IOE) as part of its evaluation of “Literacy Cubed: Focus on Roma Families”. Literacy Cubed (LIT3) sought to promote family literacy (FL) in Roma communities in Montenegro, Romania and Slovakia as a tool for raising the attainment level of Roma children in general education and improving their health. The aim of the LIT3 Needs Analysis was to provide information on the strengths and interests of the Roma communities in these locations in the running a family literacy programme targeting three generations there. In the first phase of the LIT3 Needs Analysis, IOE conducted an English-language review of international literature on the policy context for this project, focusing on the Roma people, on family literacy, and on health literacy. Using a “cascaded national and local data collection templates were generated by the IOE team, and local teams were trained in their use. In the second phase, Montenegro, Romania and Slovakia gathered data to populate these through reviews of national-language evidence, focus groups held with Roma families, and consultations with local stakeholders. All findings were IOE prior to the roll out of the FL programme between June and August Needs Analysis Report was finalised in June 2015