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Measuring the Impact of the Success by Six Program: Influence on Academic Gains and School Readiness

Gratz, Debra M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1370344475

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2013, Doctor of Education (Educational Leadership), Youngstown State University, Department of Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.
Early intervention prior to kindergarten is an effective strategy in closing the gaps in pre-readiness skills and appropriate behavior which may occur because of disparity in socioeconomic status, parenting styles, and preschool experience. The United Way Success by Six Program was created to provide the opportunity to engage children and their parents prior to the kindergarten experience in an intervention process. This study was designed to determine if the Success by Six Program with parental workshops closed the gaps of skill development and behavior prior to the kindergarten experience. The first research question explored if the achievement gap closed. The second research question determined which factors had the most impact on closing the gap. The third research question explored the impact of the parent workshops. A pre-post non-random control group design was utilized. Results were analyzed utilizing SPSS Version 20 to compute descriptive and inferential statistics. The outcome revealed the achievement gap closed upon the completion of the program for those students in the treatment group. Socioeconomic status and days in attendance were the two independent variables that significantly impacted the outcome. Two of the four parental workshop appeared to impact the outcome of the treatment group in a positive manner.
Karen Larwin, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Chuck Vergon, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Gail Saunders-Smith, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Danielle Grunenwald Gruhler, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
139 p.
Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Parential Involvement in early childhood education; readiness for kindergarten; summer kindergarten readiness programs; literacy readiness skills

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  • Gratz, D. M. (2013). Measuring the Impact of the Success by Six Program: Influence on Academic Gains and School Readiness [Doctoral dissertation, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1370344475

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gratz, Debra. Measuring the Impact of the Success by Six Program: Influence on Academic Gains and School Readiness. 2013. Youngstown State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1370344475.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gratz, Debra. "Measuring the Impact of the Success by Six Program: Influence on Academic Gains and School Readiness." Doctoral dissertation, Youngstown State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1370344475

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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