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Effects of Preschool Curriculum Programs on School Readiness: Report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Initiative

NCER 2008-2009
July 2008


Table E.  Effect sizes for student-level measures: Pre-kindergarten
 

Curricula
Outcome/Measures BB   CC (V) CC (UNC) CC with Ldrs Curiosity Corner DD LB ELLM LFC DLM with OC   LE Pre-K Math   PA PC   RSL  
Reading                                         
TERA  0.39 * 0.02 -0.08 -0.30 0.10 0.06 0.02 0.15 0.16 0.68 *** 0.17 0.13   0.14 0.00   0.08  
WJ Letter Word Identification  0.35   0.16 -0.08 -0.16 0.09 0.10 0.10 -0.05 0.11 0.51 ** 0.30 -0.01   0.42 -0.05   0.01  
WJ Spelling  0.18   0.19 -0.18 0.30 0.04 0.06 0.17 0.11 0.25 0.46 ** 0.05 0.20   27.00 -0.15   0.20  
                                         
Phonological awareness                                         
Pre-CTOPPP  -0.07   0.10 0.02 -0.16 0.18 0.18 -0.13 0.18 0.20 0.32 * 0.14 0.04   0.05 0.10   -0.09  
                                         
Language                                         
PPVT  0.13   0.23 0.08 -0.38 -0.01 0.15 -0.03 0.17 0.02 0.40 * 0.17 0.17   0.16 0.03   0.15  
TOLD  0.09   0.07 -0.16 -0.22 -0.08 0.17 0.08 0.15 0.01 0.40 ** -0.04 0.17   0.15 -0.05   -0.11  
                                         
Mathematics                                         
WJ Applied Problems  0.16   0.17 0.20 -0.14 0.10 0.01 -0.10 0.10 0.20 0.36 ** 0.05 0.22   0.07 0.06   0.04  
CMA-A Mathematics Composite  0.14   0.10 -0.10 0.18 0.01 0.13 0.15 0.01 0.08 0.17   -0.02 0.44 ** 0.18 -0.11   -0.24 *
Shape Composite  -0.03   0.12 0.19 0.02 0.16 -0.13 21.00 -0.14 0.08 0.24   -0.01 0.96 *** 0.27 -0.42 ** 0.08  
                                         
Behavior                                         
SSRS Social Skills  -0.27   0.03 0.05 -0.25 -0.06 -0.18 -0.27 -0.06 -0.42 -0.11   -0.06 0.22   0.04 0.22   -0.05  
SSRS Problem Behavior  0.23   0.07 -0.16 -0.01 0.43 -0.14 -0.06 -0.24 0.37 0.11   -0.31 -0.09   0.50 -0.08   -0.03  
PLBS  0.04   0.14 0.07 -0.08 -0.25 -0.18 -0.44 0.14 -0.27 -0.16   17.00 0.09   -0.31 0.00   0.07  
* p < .05 ; ** p < .01; *** p < .001

NOTE: Refer to the glossary for abbreviations of the measures. Abbreviations for the curricula are:

BB: Bright Beginnings
CC (V): Creative Curriculum (Vanderbilt University)
CC (UNC): Creative Curriculum (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
CC with Ldrs: Creative Curriculum with Ladders to Literacy
DD: Doors to Discovery
LB: Let’s Begin with the Letter People
ELLM: Early Literacy and Learning ModelLFC: Language-Focused Curriculum
DLM with OC: DLM Early Childhood Express supplemented with Open Court Reading Pre-K
LE: Literacy Express
Pre-K Math: Pre-K Mathematics supplemented with DLM Early Childhood Express Math software
PA: Project Approach
PC: Project ConstructRSL: Ready, Set, Leap!

SOURCE: The Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research (PCER) Study.