Families for Literacy

Carole Talan
California State Library
P.O. Box 94237-0001
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001
     Telephone: (916) 653-8032

Program Description

Focus Area     Age Group
Early Literacy, Family Literacy; program is offered through public libraries     Parents and pre-school-aged children

Research Description

Outcomes
  • Increased book sharing between parent and child
  • Increased frequency with which child asks to be read to
  • Increased self-initiated book reading by child
  • Increased frequency of storytelling
  • Increased self-initiated book between parent and child
  • Increased frequency of books checked out of the library by family members

Research Category

       5   Local Research (Program evaluation report was reviewed.)

Design

   Other   Pre-posttest design with experimental group only

Multiple Studies

   No  

Sample Size

   > 50   Experimental Group=35 programs, 471 parents

Valid/ Reliable
Instrument

   No   Survey

Results

   Yes   Statistically significant. The effect size was not stated in the research reviewed.

Published

   No   There were no published studies.

Follow-up Data

   No   There were no follow-up studies.

Award

   No   There were no awards to the program.