ERIC Number: EJ1077619
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Oct
Pages: 15
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Literacy-Related School Readiness Skills of English Language Learners in Head Start: An Analysis of the School Readiness Survey
Park, Yujeong; Gurel, Sungur; Oh, Jihyun; Bettini, Elizabeth A; Leite, Walter
Journal of Early Childhood Research, v13 n3 p280-294 Oct 2015
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of Head Start on early literacy skills relevant to school readiness of English language learners compared to their peers. The comparisons of literacy outcomes were conducted between English language learners and non-English language learners when both groups participated and were not in Head Start. A total of 47 covariates were involved in propensity score analysis, and average treatment effects for the treated individuals were used to estimate the literacy outcome differences from the comparisons. The results indicated that early literacy outcomes of English language learners and non-English language learners were significantly different in recognizing alphabetic letters and rhyming words regardless of whether or not both English language learners and non-English language learners attend in Head Start. Being in Head Start did not contribute to reducing the gap between English language learners and non-English language learners. Finally, the limitations of this study and future directions for research and practice are discussed.
Descriptors: School Readiness, Literacy, English Language Learners, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Alphabets, Scores, Achievement Gap, Outcomes of Education, Educational Research, Educational Practices, Culturally Relevant Education, Curriculum, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, National Surveys, Educational Attainment, Bayesian Statistics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Household Education Survey
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