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Even Start Classroom Literacy Interventions and Outcomes (CLIO) Study
Contractors: Westat and Abt Associates
Key Staff:
Babette Gutmann
David Judkins (Westat)
Bob St.Pierre (Consultant)
Research Questions:
- Is the combination of research-based, literacy-focused preschool and parenting curricula more effective than existing Even Start services?
- Do research-based parenting curricula that focus on child literacy add value to the CLIO preschool curricula?
Design: CLIO is testing whether research-based, literacy-focused preschool and parenting education curricula are more effective than existing Even Start instructional services and the extent to which research-based parenting education curricula focused on child literacy add value to the CLIO preschool curricula. Through a competitive process, two curriculum developers were chosen to participate in CLIO, and each was responsible for implementing two versions of their intervention: a research-based, literacy-focused preschool curriculum and an intervention that combined their preschool curriculum with a research-based parenting curriculum focused on child literacy. Even Start projects were randomly assigned to receive one of the four CLIO curricula or to participate in a control group that continued to provide their pre-CLIO instructional services.
The CLIO study design includes:
- Measurement of impacts on two cohorts of child participants in CLIO and their parents.
- Within-site controls, collecting a year of baseline data on each project before the enhanced interventions are implemented and tested.
CLIO is assessing children's early literacy skills and parents' literacy and parenting behavior and observing instruction in the preschool and parenting education classrooms. In September 2006, IES awarded a follow-up contract to assess the impacts of the CLIO interventions on CLIO families as the children reach the end of kindergarten and first grade.
Duration: Original contract: 6 years (September 28, 2001 - September 30, 2007)
Follow-up contract: 3 years (September 2006 - September 2009).
Reports: The final report on this study will be announced on http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/.
Current Status: (August 2008) The final report from the original contract is in IES peer review. Preparations are underway for the analysis of CLIO kindergarten and first grade follow up data.
