Trends in early literacy

Trends in early literacy


The transition from kindergarten to first grade is considered to be a critical period for children's academic and social development. Expectation about children's early literacy learning has risen over time, but has their achievement - and how?
Jerome V. D'Agostino and Emily Rodgers analyzed achievement data obtained from a national database for Reading Recovery (a literacy intervention for first grade students) for more than 364,000 children entering first grade in the same schools. From this data they created a literacy profile for students at entry to the first grade over a 12-year period, beginning in the 2002-03 school year.
Their research, published in Educational Researcher, found that overall, reading for all students in the first grade improved measurably between 2002 and 2013. Literacy scores on entry increased over time. The effect size change in achievement gaps narrowed (-0.10) on basic skills like letter identification, but widened on advanced skills like text reading level (+0.08) over 12 years.

Johns Hopkins University 

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