Table 7

The Effects of READY4K! On Children’s Spring Early Literacy Assessment Scores

 Model 1Model 2N
Panel A: Average Outcomes, First Year of Experiment
Average of all questions0.055
(0.097)		0.060
(0.082)		395
Average of nonleveled questions−0.014
(0.093)		−0.015
(0.082)		395
Panel B: Average Outcomes, Second Year of Experiment
Average of all questions0.142+
(0.076)		0.146*
(0.068)		426
Average of nonleveled questions0.117
(0.072)		0.122+
(0.072)		426
Panel C: All Outcomes, Pooled Sample
Average of all questions0.100
(0.061)		0.109*
(0.054)		821
Average of nonleveled questions0.054
(0.059)		0.062
(0.057)		821
Upper-case letter recognition0.041
(0.065)		0.039
(0.049)		814
Beginning word sound awareness−0.007
(0.074)		0.012
(0.072)		796
Print and word awareness0.064
(0.064)		0.054
(0.068)		801
Rhyme awareness0.016
(0.069)		0.019
(0.063)		784
Name writing0.047
(0.064)		0.041
(0.069)		817
Probability of progressing to leveled portion of assessment−0.015
(0.028)		−0.004
(0.026)		821
Lower-case letter recognition0.089
(0.087)		0.124+
(0.068)		594
Letter sounds awareness0.156+
(0.089)		0.150*
(0.071)		558
Randomization site-by-year fixed effects✓✓ 
Administrative and fall parent survey covariates ✓ 
Fall literacy assessment covariates ✓ 

  • Notes: All outcomes are standardized by year. Standard errors are clustered at the randomization site-by-year level. Included covariates are detailed in Table 4.

  • ↵+ p < 0.10,

  • ↵* p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.