The Multiple Meanings of Family Literacy

Early Literacy Skills in African‐American Children: Research Considerations

“…Inasmuch as these experiences may represent both decreased experience with books and a mismatch between home and school expectations, this has been an important line of inquiry. "The intersection of race, ethnicity, poverty and education has significant correlation with the promotion of literacy" (Handel, 1999). Children are more likely to be read to if their mothers have higher levels of education and if they come from a twoparent household.…”

Family literacyùpredictors of program participation and goal attainment in Kentucky.

“…Many of the reports deal with the impact that family literacy programs have on the child's education (Britto, 2001;Dever, 2001;Handel, 1999;Jordan, Snow, and Porche, 2000;Morrow & Young, 1996, Schwartz, 1999 and do not address the adult component. Another common weaknesses of research on adult education and family literacy programs is that data is self-reported by the programs (Beder, 1999).…”