Learning Disabilities
This article discusses the difficulties of defining learning disabilities, and looks at factors contributing to increased identification of learning disabled students.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Future of Children • Spring 1996

The Contemporary Concepts of At-Risk Children: Theoretical Models and Preventive Approaches in the Early Years
This paper, presented at the 2000 PCERA Symposium on Children and Youth at Risk, deals with children who are at risk of not receiving a basic level of education.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) • April 01, 2000

Promoting Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings: Literature Review
This literature review provides an overview of the research on early childhood education programs that focus specifically on the development of early literacy and language skills.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Child Care and Early Education • September 01, 2003

The Condition of Education 2004
This report examines 38 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2004.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2004

Family Literacy Programs: Who Benefits?
This article summarizes key statistics from other research on the benefits of family literacy programs including the benefits to children, parents, families and society.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent State University • April 2003

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005
This report uses 25 indicators of child well-being to examine the economic well-being, health, behaviour, social environment and education of American children.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics • July 2005

Father's Role in Children's Academic Achievement and Early Literacy
This article highlights the importance of father involvement in early literacy development.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education • November 2003

Breakdown Britain: Educational Failure
Thjis 2006 British state of the nation report examines the inequalities in the British education system, largely based on economic and racial factors, and offers recommendations on how to fix these inequalities.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Centre for Social Justice • December 2006

Grandmothers’ Involvement among Children and Adolescents Growing Up in Poverty
This paper studies grandmothers' involvement in raising and caring for grandchildren, and the effect of this type of non-parental care on children's social and cognitive development and behaviour.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • January 14, 2004

Report Card on Alberta's Secondary Schools: 2003 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's high schools.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Fraser Institute • March 01, 2003

Adult Learning in Canada: A Comparative Perspective
This report provides a comparative analysis of adult learning internationally and in Canada and challenges policymakers to examine ways to increase participation.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Statistics Canada • October 2007

The Gentleman’s “A
This study determines that higher grading standards in elementary school benefit students academically.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Hoover Institution • Spring 2004

Measuring up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study: The Performance of Canada’s youth in Science, Reading and Mathematics
This report comments on Canada’s performance among 57 countries in the OECD Program for International Student Assessment.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Statistics Canada, Council of Ministers of Education • December 2007

Literacy and the Labour Market: The Generation of Literacy and Its Impact on Earnings for Native Born Canadians
This study examines how formal schooling and parental input increases literacy impacting the economy and personal earnings.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Statistics Canada, Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division • November 2007

Learning Literacy in Canada: Evidence from the International Survey of Reading Skills
This paper examines the Canadian results from the International Study of Reading Skills to determine the reading abilities of the least skilled adults in the country.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Human Resources and Social Development Canada • January 2008

Helping Your Child Become a Reader
This paper provides age-appropriate strategies for developing childrens' skills and interest in reading.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. • 2005

The State of Religion and Public Life
This presenter rebuts many of the claims made against government funding for services run by faith-based organizations, such ...
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute • May 21, 2002

Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2001 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of British Columbia's high schools.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Fraser Institute • March 01, 2002

Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2002 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of British Columbia's high schools.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Fraser Institute • March 01, 2002

Leave No Youth Behind: Opportunities for Congress to Reach Disconnected Youth
This report examines six government programs that could be used to help disconnected and at-risk youth.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Center for Law and Social Policy • July 01, 2003

Child and Family Services Act
The purpose of this Act is to promote the best interests, protection and well being of children in Canada.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Government of Ontario • 1990

Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2004 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's elementary schools.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2004

Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2004 Edition
This report provides an evaluation and ranking of 769 of Alberta's public, separate, private, charter, and francophone elementary schools.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2004

Australian Social Trends 1998: Education - Educational Attainment: Gender differences in Educational Achievement
This article explores the gender differences in the literacy, academic performance, and educational attainment of Australian students.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten: Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers, and Policymakers
This report refutes an Arizona proposal to fund state-wide centre-based preschool and full-day kindergarten arguing that similar programs have failed to improve student achievement.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Goldwater Institute • February 8, 2005

Children's School Readiness in the ECLS-K: Predictions to Academic, Health, and Social Outcomes in First Grade
This report examines how children's cognitive, social and emotional abilities interact as they adjust to the start of school.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Elsevier • September 2006

Overview: Children in Canada in the 1990’s
This paper provides an overview of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) for 1994-1995.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Human Resources Development Canada • November 01, 1996

Australian Social Trends 1998: Education - Educational Attainment: Literacy Skills
This document examines literacy statistics for Australia and compares these findings to international literacy data.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

Teachers, Race and Student Achievement in a Randomized Experiment
This study addressed the question of whether or not students' academic achievement is actually enhanced by having a teacher of the same ethnic background as themselves.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Education Next • April 01, 2003

Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2003 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's elementary schools.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2003

Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2004 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of British Columbia's high schools.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Fraser Institute • March 01, 2004

Academic Achievement in American Cities: Comparison of Public Comprehensive, Public Magnet, Catholic, and Non-Religious Private High Schools
This paper discusses the many failures of comprehensive public schools in urban areas and looks at possible alternatives.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1994

Learning From Success: What Americans Can Learn From School Choice in Canada
This paper looks at why it is that Canadian students perform better in school than do their American counterparts.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2002

School Achievement and Labour Market Outcomes
This study looks at the influence of various factors, including school achievement and educational attainment, on the employment status and earnings of young Australians.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Centre for Economic Policy Research • April 1999

Do High Grading Standards Affect Student Performance?
This paper discusses the impact of educational standards and expectations on the academic performance of children.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Hoover Institute • February 01, 2003

Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools: 2001 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's high schools.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Fraser Institute • May 01, 2001

School Finance Reforms, Tax Limits, and Student Performance: Do Reforms Level Up or Dumb Down?
This paper examines the effect that changes to public school funding have on students' math and reading test performance.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

Australian Social Trends 2002: Education - Educational Attainment: Literacy and Numeracy Among School Students
This document looks statistics on the educational attainment for Australian students in regards to literacy and mathematics.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • May 09, 2002

Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools: 2002 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's high schools.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Fraser Institute • May 01, 2002

Grade Retention and School Performance: An Extended Investigation
This paper outlines several predictors of grade retention for children and provides evidence that grade retention does not promote student achievement but rather impedes academic and social development.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1998

Why Canadian Education Isn’t Improving.
This paper suggests that the Canadian education system is mediocre despite significant economic investment.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Fraser Institute • September 2006

The Puzzle of Boys Educational Decline: A Review of the Evidence
This paper reviews past research on the growing inequalities between the academic perfomance and achievement of girls and boys.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Centre for Independent Studies • November 18, 1999

Extended Early Childhood Intervention and School Achievement: Age 13 Findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study
This study measured the academic performance of a group of black, inner-city children who had participated in the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion Program.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1996

How Does Literacy Affect the Health of Canadians?
This paper focuses on the literacy skills of Canadians and how a lack of literacy can produce negative health outcomes.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Health Canada • 1998

Closing the Reading Gap: First Year Findings from a Randomized Trial of Four Reading Interventions for Striving Readers
This large-scale, longitudinal study evaluated four elementary school level reading programs that aimed at increasing literacy proficiency.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Corporation for the Advancement of Policy Evaluation • February 2006

The Effects of Marriage and Maternal Education in Reducing Child Poverty
This report examines two questions: 1) Is marriage effective in reducing child poverty? and 2) What is the comparative effect of marriage and maternal education in combating child poverty? ...
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Heritage Foundation • August 02, 2002

Measuring up: The performance of Canada’s youth in reading, mathematics and science
This paper examines the academic achievement of Canadian youth in the later years of their schooling.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Human Resources Development Canada, Statistics Canada, Council of Ministers of Education, Canada • December 2001

The Performance of Canada's Youth in Mathematics, Reading, Science and Problem Solving
Canadian students are among the top academically according to a recent international comparison of math, science, literacy, and problem solving abilities.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Statistics Canada • December 2004

Concentrated Poverty vs. Concentrated Affluence: Affluence: Effects on Neighborhood Social Environments and Children's Outcomes
This paper examines the effects of neighbourhood characteristics such as affluence and poverty, as well as the effects of family characteristics on children's reading and math achievement.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• RAND • May 2003

From Kindergarten through Third Grade: Children's Beginning School Experiences
This report provides information about children's cognitive gains in mathematics, science, and reading knowledge and skill from kindergarten to the third grade.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • August 2004

The Role of Pretend Play in Children's Cognitive Development
This article examines the connection between a child's cognitive development and the quality of his pretend play.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative • Spring 2002

The Role of Child Development and Social Interaction in the Selection of Children's Literature to Promote Literacy Acquisition
This article discusses the importance of literature in child development.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative • Fall 2003

Family Influences on Children’s Verbal Ability
This paper examines the effects of such factors as parental education, family income, parental religious participation, parental employment, and grandparents' socio-economic status on children's verbal ability.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Harris School of Public Policy • March 2003

Low Birth Weight, Social Factors and Developmental Outcomes Among Children in the United States
This paper examines the relative impact of poor birth outcomes and social risk factors on children's development.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Population Research Center • January 01, 2002

Family-Child Engagement in Literacy Activities: Changes in Participation Between 1991 and 1993
Using data from the 1991 and 1993 National Household Education Surveys, this paper discusses the effectiveness and value of various literacy activities that prekindergarten children engage in with their parents.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • December 1994

The Kindergarten Year: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999
This report examines children's gains in mathematics and reading knowledge during their year at kindergarten.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Educational Statistics • January 2000

Children's Reading and Mathematics Achievement in Kindergarten and First Grade
This paper explores the effect that literacy level, health, and approaches to learning have on the mathematics and reading abilities of children who are entering kindergarten.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • March 2002

The Condition of Education 1999
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1999.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1999

The Condition of Education 1994
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1994.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • August 1994

The Condition of Education 1996
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1996.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1996

The Condition of Education 1995
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1995.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1995

The Condition of Education 1997
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1997.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1997

Condition of Education 1998
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1998.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1998

The Condition of Education 2000
This report examines 65 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2000.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2000

The Condition of Education 2001
This report examines 59 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2001.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2001

The Condition of Education 2002
This report examines 44 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2002.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2002

Reading- Young Student's Achievement and Classroom Experiences
This paper evaluates American children's literacy skills from prior to entering kindergarten through to grade five.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • July 2004

The Condition of Education 2003
This report examines 44 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2003.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2003

Who Reads to Young Children: Identifying Predictors of Family Reading Activities
This article discusses the importance of family contributions to child development, particularly in regards to literacy, and examines factors that either limit or increase the likelihood that parents will read to their children.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Taylor & Francis • 2001

The Urban Child in Peril: Can Literacy Change the Outcome?
This presentation addresses the literacy crisis, and focuses on Pennsylvania's efforts in promoting literacy.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Manhattan Institute • November 1, 1999

Cranberry Portage Child: Family Resource Centre
This paper highlights the Cranberry Portage Child/Family Resource Centre as an example for cities across Canada in providing support for vulnerable families.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy • November 01, 1999

How American Children Spend Their Time
This paper looks at the allocation of American children's time, what affects how they spend their time, and how their use of time impacts their behaviour and academic performance and achievement.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Center for the Ethnography of Everday Life • April 17, 2000

From Home to School - How Canadian Children Cope: Initial Analyses Using Data from the Second Cycle of the School Component of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
This paper uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to examine the impact of early childhood care, education, and literacy activities on children's performance in their early school years.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Statistics Canada • October 14, 1999

Federal Expenditures on Children: 1960-1997
This paper assesses the federal expenditure on eight major budget categories aiding children: tax credits and exemptions, income security, nutrition, health, education, housing, social service, and training.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• The Urban Institute • April 01, 2001

Approaching Kindergarten: A Look at Preschoolers in the United States
This report provides a profile of preschool students in terms of their developmental abilities and difficulties in such areas as literacy and numeracy, motor skills, speech, attention and health.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Center for Education Statistics • October 01, 1995

The Effects of Early Maternal Employment on Children’s Cognitive Outcomes: The Canadian Experience
This paper demonstrates that maternal employment has a significant negative effect on children's early verbal skills, but not on their math skills.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Statistics Canada • April 01, 2004

Home Literacy Activities and Signs of Children’s Emerging Literacy, 1993 and 1999
This paper discusses the importance of parental involvement in children's learning, and looks specifically at the effect of family participation in literacy education.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• National Centre for Education Statistics • November 01, 1999

Mathematical Proficiency for All Students: Toward a Strategic Research and Development Program in Mathematics Education
This paper examines the increasing rate of high school graduates who lack mathematical literacy.
• Category: Education > Literacy
• Research and Development (RAND) • 2003