Effects of a family literacy program on low-literate children and their parents: Findings from an evaluation of the even start family literacy program

被引:26
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作者
St Pierre, RG
Ricciuti, AE
Rimdzius, TA
机构
[1] STP Assoc, Breckenridge, CO 80424 USA
[2] Abt Assoc, Social & Econ Policy Div, Cambridge, MA USA
[3] US Dept Educ, Inst Educ Sci, Washington, DC USA
关键词
evaluation; family literacy; Even Start; interventions; randomized experiments;
D O I
10.1037/0012-1649.41.6.953
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
A randomized experiment was conducted to test the effectiveness of Even Start, a federally supported family literacy program providing early childhood education, adult education, parenting education, and joint parent-child literacy activities to children and parents from low-literate families. The evaluation of 18 Even Start projects followed 463 families for 2 years and found no statistically significant or educationally important impacts on Even Start families when they were compared with control families on child literacy outcomes, parent literacy outcomes, or parent-child interactions. The study concludes that Even Start projects were able to properly implement family literacy programs, and the observed lack of effectiveness is attributed to a combination of 2 factors: (a) a lack of fall participation on the part of families and (b) instructional services that may be ineffective because of the curriculum content or the instructional approach.
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页码:953 / 970
页数:18
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