All children are ready to learn: An emergent versus readiness perspective in early literacy assessment
A discussion of the differences between emergent literacy and reading readiness and a description of Marie Clay's contribution to assessing reading readiness as well as strategies to help implement her assessment techniques with young children with special needs
Reports & Papers
Beginning reading instruction: Towards levelling the playing field
A comparison of the reading-related test scores of 7 children before and after an 8 week shared reading intervention, based on data collected from 6 voluntary participant low income families living in a small city in New South Wales
Reports & Papers
Bilingual means two: Assessment issues, early literacy and Spanish speaking children
A paper outlining issues in the instruction of two-language children in reading and writing and implications for bilingual education programs.
Other
The contexts of comprehension: Information book read alouds and comprehension acquisition
An investigation of whether information text read aloud books compared to traditional read aloud story book reading transactions prompt different types of participant interactions
Reports & Papers
Culturally sensitive assessment of narrative skills in children
A discussion of a three-step process for assessing young children's narrative skills while avoiding any cultural bias
Reports & Papers
Development of emergent literacy and early reading skills in preschool children: Evidence from a latent-variable longitudinal study
A study on the influence of preschool emergent literacy on later reading skills, based on a sample of 195 middle- to upper-income children in 13 child care centers
Reports & Papers
Early learning, later success: The Abecedarian Study: Early childhood educational intervention for poor children [Executive summary]
A summary of findings of the Abecedarian project, a high quality Early Childhood Educational Intervention for poor children
Executive Summary
Early literacy for inner city children: The effects of reading and writing interventions in English and Spanish during the preschool years
An article presenting selected findings from the first two years of a study of an early literacy intervention in a child care center serving Spanish-speaking children.
Other
Early literacy: New issues and new challenges
A policy brief on early literacy standards, instructional strategies, assessment and professional development needs
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The effects of noise on pre-school children's pre-reading skills
An investigation of the relationship between chronic interior noise and preschool children’s acquisition of language and pre-reading skills in one child care center
Reports & Papers
Emergent literacy and parent-child reading in Head Start families: The implementation and evaluation of a multigenerational reading program
An exploration of the role of parent involvement in the development of children’s emergent literacy skills, based on 135 parent-child pairs enrolled in a Head Start program who participated in the implementation of a multi-generational reading program
Reports & Papers
Enhancing emergent literacy in a preschool program through teacher-researcher collaboration
A description of an attempt by a research team to implement an emergent literacy intervention in a child-care setting in a high-poverty, Spanish bilingual setting in downtown Los Angeles, working with a particular preschool teacher in order to collaboratively develop an intervention that was truly responsive to the needs of the children and the community
Reports & Papers
Expanding the literacy equation
An examination of the connection between early reading success and oral language from a study of 50 children from low-income families followed over a period of 10 years
Other
An experimental evaluation of an intervention to stimulate written language awareness in preschool children from low-income households
An inquiry into the relationship between hearing a book being read and the development of literacy skills, based on a sample of 30 children aged 2- to 5- years old enrolled in a Head Start program
Reports & Papers
An exploratory study of the effects of storybook reading in preschool on language and early literacy skills
An investigation into the effects of storybook reading and story retelling on the children’s acquisition of early literacy skills, based on a sample of 86 four- year old children enrolled in a Head Start program in southwest Virginia
Reports & Papers
The foundations of literacy
An overview of previous research discussing how young children's understanding of phonological awareness and letter knowledge affects their emergent literacy skills
Other
A framework for early literacy instruction: Aligning standards to developmental accomplishments and student behaviors
A presentation of a framework for Early Literacy instruction through the alignnment of standards to developmental accomplishments and student behaviors
Reports & Papers
''If there's a dance in the book, I feel it...inside'': Lessons in emergent literacy
An interview-based analysis of preschool children's perceptions of reading to examine the impact of home and school literacy activities and environments on young children's emergent literacy skills
Reports & Papers
Integrating visual and verbal literacies in the early childhood education classroom
A discussion of integrating visual and verbal literary elements in early childhood education, with a focus on the influence of technological changes on a child's literary development
Reports & Papers
The kindergarten year: Findings from the Early childhood longitudinal study, kindergarten class of 1998-99
A report discussing the gains children make in kindergarten in reading, mathematics, and specific knowledge and skills and the impact of child, family and kindergarten program characteristics on these gains
Reports & Papers
The kindergarten year: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 [Executive summary]
A nationally representative longitudinal survey following kindergarten children through fifth grade to examine the academic gains the children made over their kindergarten year and looking to see if their achievements differ by child, family, and kindergarten program characteristics
Executive Summary
Literacy and starting school: Views of parents and early childhood staff and issues for transition
A description of the Mapping Literacy Practices in Early Childhood Services project, in New South Whales Australia, investigating perceptions of parents and Early Childhood Educators of what constitutes appropriate, high quality support for literacy
Other
Literacy learning in the early years
An inquiry into the effectiveness of a sociocultural approach to early literacy learning, with a focus on the importance of play in children’s acquisition of emergent literacy skills, the use of information and communication technologies, and methods of introduction to early literacy learning
Other
Mothers' implicit theories of early literacy instruction: Implications for children's reading and writing
A survey of the beliefs of mothers on the instruction and acquisition of emergent literacy skills by children, based on a sample of 19 five- to six- year old children and their mothers from a southeastern city in the United States
Reports & Papers
National Reading Panel: Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction [Executive summary]
A summary of the National Reading Panel’s review of the research literature on reading implications for reading instruction
Executive Summary
