Effectiveness of a Program to Accelerate Vocabulary Development in Kindergarten (VOCAB): First Grade Follow-up Impact Report and Exploratory Analyses of Kindergarten Impacts

Title:	Effectiveness of a Program to Accelerate Vocabulary Development in Kindergarten (VOCAB): First Grade Follow-up Impact Report and Exploratory Analyses of Kindergarten Impacts
Description:	Improving the ability of at-risk children to read and comprehend text has been a high priority in education policy over the last two decades. Low levels of reading achievement have been related to low academic performance. One critical factor in reading achievement is adequate vocabulary knowledge. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds often lack general and academic vocabulary to enable them to acquire knowledge and comprehend text when they learn to read.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (3.4MB)
Cover Date:	December 2011
Web Release:	December 6, 2011
Publication #:	REL 20124009
Center/Program:	REL
Associated Centers:	NCEE
Authors:	Barbara Goodson, Anne Wolf, Steve Bell: Abt Associates Inc.; Herb Turner: ANALYTICA; Pamela B. Finney: Regional Education Laboratory Southeast
Type of Product:	Evaluation Report
Keywords:	Early Childhood Education Early Reading First Kindergarten Literacy Reading • beginning reading
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Evaluation Report, please contact: Erin Pollard.