A study of the impact of Imagination Library participation on kindergarten reading achievement

Author(s): Embree, Lisa
Date Issued: December 2009
Description: A study of the relationships between instructional reading levels and participation in a program that provides one free children’s book in the mail every month, by subsamples of children who qualify for free and reduced price school lunch, by gender, by the reported frequency of books read to children prior to kindergarten, as well as length of participation in the program, based on data from a stratified random sample 90 kindergartners from 3 schools in Sullivan County, Tennessee
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Source: Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Walden Unviersity, Minneapolis, MN
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Early Literacy

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Interventions/Curricula > Early Literacy
Country: United States
States: TENNESSEE
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