EJ616175 CS759923
Title: Project EASE: The Effect of a Family Literacy Project on
Kindergarten Students' Early Literacy Skills.Author(s): Jordan, Gail E.; Snow, Catherine E.; Porche, Michelle V.
Source: Reading Research Quarterly, v35 n4 p524-46 Oct-Dec 2000
Publication Date: 2000
ISSN: 0034-0553
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY2001
Investigates effectiveness of the Project Early Access to Success in
Education, which includes parent education sessions on assisting their
children's developing literacy abilities, at-school parent/child
activities, and at-home book-mediated activities. Finds improvement
in language skills, with a strong impact on the children who scored
low at the pretest. Finds high levels of participation and high
levels of satisfaction. (SR)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading; *Emergent Literacy; *Family Literacy;
Kindergarten; Kindergarten Children; *Parent Participation; *Parent
Student Relationship; Primary Education; Program Descriptions;
*Program Effectiveness
