A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

National Evaluation of The Even Start Family Literacy Program: 1998

Appendix D: Additional Information About the Sample Study

Pretest Scores on the Outcome Measures Used for the Sample Study

Exhibit D.1: PSI Pretest Scores (Raw Scores from the Sample Study, 1994-95 and 1995-96)

Group

n

Mean

S.D.

Age at pretest

2 yrs, 10 mos - 3 yrs, 11 mos

303

8.4

5.6

4 yrs, 0 mos - 4 yrs, 11 mos

430

14.8

6.3

5 yrs, 0 mos - 5 yrs, 11 mos

119

17.6

6.5

Over 5 yrs, 11 mos

25

19.6

7.6

Gender

Male

473

12.07

7.4

Female

457

13.6

7.3

Race/Ethnicity

African American

248

12.7

7.8

Asian

56

10.0

7.6

Hispanic

280

11.3

6.8

American Indian

26

16.6

5.8

Caucasian

242

14.6

7.3

Highest grade attained by target parent108

Grade 0-4

35

11.0

6.2

Grade 5-8

138

12.0

6.8

Grade 9-12

502

12.8

7.5

Diploma or GED

125

13.5

7.5

Some college or college degree

90

12.8

8.3

Language of test administration

English

674

13.5

7.4

Spanish

191

10.9

6.7

English & Spanish

34

11.8

5.7

Total

1020

13.0

7.4

Exhibit reads: Pretest data were collected on 303 children ranging in age from 2 years, 10 months to 3 years, 11 months. The mean PSI raw score for these children was 8.4 points, with a standard deviation of 5.6 points.

 

108 We have presented "some college" and "college degree" together because the number of Even Start parents who had any college (at the time of enrollment) is so small. When we examined the pretest scores for the children whose parents had completed college, the average raw pretest score was 14.9, with a standard deviation of 7.4.

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