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

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 953-970

  St Pierre, Robert G ^a,c   Ricciuti, Anne E ^a   Rimdzius, Tracy A ^b  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b United States Department of Education   (United States)

^c Box 7399 167   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Even Start; Family literacy; Interventions; Randomized experiments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PARENT; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 28744434000     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.6.953     Document Type: Article

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