The Effects of READY4K! on Parents’ Behaviors and Attitudes (Pooled Sample)
| Texting Behaviors and Attitudes | Model 1 | Model 2 | N |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent read text messages | 0.150 (0.098) | 0.153 (0.106) | 545 |
| Parent used text messages | 0.295** (0.103) | 0.277* (0.106) | 545 |
| Parent found text messages helpful | 0.403** (0.100) | 0.405** (0.098) | 541 |
| Parent shared texts with other parents | 0.248* (0.113) | 0.277* (0.135) | 281 |
| Parent would recommend texts | 0.302** (0.090) | 0.300** (0.088) | 545 |
| Randomization site-by-year fixed effects | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Administrative and fall parent survey covariates | ✓ | ||
| Fall literacy assessment covariates | ✓ |
Notes: Reponses are pooled between experiment years, except for “Parents shared texts with other parents,” which was only asked in the first year. All outcomes are standardized by year. Administrative and fall parent survey covariates include child gender, race, age and parent gender, age, education, responses to baseline survey questions, and choice of texting language. Fall literacy assessment covariates are the total score on the fall literacy assessment and an indicator for advancing to the leveled portion of the exam. All missing indicator variables are imputed with a zero and continuous variables with the sample mean. Indicators for missing values are included. For the fall literacy assessment, indicators for missing any underlying questions are included. Standard errors are clustered at the randomization site-by-year level. +p < 0.10,
↵* p < 0.05,
↵** p < 0.01.