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Ladders to Literacy
Early Childhood Education

Ladders to Literacy was found to have potentially negative effects on oral language and no discernible effects on print knowledge, phonological processing, and math for preschool children.

Ladders to Literacy is a supplemental early literacy curriculum published in Ladders to Literacy: A Kindergarten Activity Book. The program targets children at different levels and from diverse cultural backgrounds. The activities are organized into three sections with about 20 activities each: print awareness, phonological awareness skills, and oral language skills.

Findings

2
studies that met standards out of
4
eligible studies reviewed
Outcome
domain
Effectiveness Rating Grades Evidence Tier
General Mathematics Achievement No discernible effects PK
Oral language Potentially negative effects PK
Phonological processing No discernible effects PK
Print knowledge No discernible effects PK

Last Updated: March 2013

Race

Black
9%
White
47%
Other or unknown
17%

Ethnicity

Hispanic
26%
Not Hispanic or Latino
74%

Gender

Male: 49%
Female: 51%

Delivery Method

whole class icon
Whole Class

Urbanicity

Rural
Suburban
Urban

Locations

NH
Northeast
Note: This summary only includes data from studies that reported sample information. The Intervention Report may include evidence from other studies that met standards, but did not report sample information.


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This intervention report was prepared for the WWC by Mathematica under contract ED-IES-13-C-0010.

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