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Acknowledgments

This annotated bibliography has been prepared as part of the Carolina Family Literacy Studies research project. It has received funding from the National Center for Early Development and Learning at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center and the School of Education at the University of North Carolina. The National Center is funded by the National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education. The Carolina Family Literacy Studies is a longitudinal research project designed to examine the processes and outcomes of comprehensive family literacy programs in North Carolina.

We appreciate the advice of the authors involved with the U.S. Department of Education project of synthesizing research on intergenerational family literacy. Topics included in this report include: adult education, early childhood education, program evaluation, parenting education, family and cultural issues, emergent literacy, coordination and service integration, and English as a second language. Authors participating in this project include: Judy Alamprese, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Dionne R. Dobbins, Alison Sidle Fuligni, Vivian L. Gadsden, Suzannah Herrmann, Wendy K.K. Lam, Chris Lonigan, Barbara Pan, Douglas R. Powell, Anne Ricciuti, Robert St. Pierre, John Strucker, Catherine Snow, and Gordon Whitehurst.

We also thank other individuals who made recommendations to the content of this publication. These persons include Susan Byerly, former Director of North Carolina Even Start Family Literacy Programs; Cheryl Knight, Appalachian State University; Jean Carter, North Carolina Center for Family Literacy; and Randy Whitfield, North Carolina Community College System. We also received suggestions from Naomi Karp, Director of the National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education; and Joanne Roberts, a senior investigator with the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center and investigator on the Carolina Family Literacy Studies.

Barbara H. Wasik Professor, School of Education Fellow, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center

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Preface

Part A: Family Literacy Section 1: Conceptual Issues in Family Literacy