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Examining the Impact of Community Volunteer Activities on Performance among Elementary Public School Students in East Baton Rouge Parish
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Simmons, Kaia-Shenae Fontenot – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this quantitative study is to examine what impact volunteer tutoring has on improving the reading standardized test scores of K-2nd elementarystudents in East Baton Rouge Parish public schools. An Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) multiple regression was conducted to analyze the extent in which Volunteers in Public Schools' (VIPS)…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Kindergarten
The Effect of Parent and Community Volunteerism on Early Literacy Development
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Nichols, Joe D.; Kim, Il-hee; Nichols, Get W. – Educational Review, 2020
The findings of a community-wide effort to improve K-3rd-grade literacy engagement in an urban community in the United States are reported. Four elementary schools were chosen as data sites to collect assessment scores at three points in the year based on reading and literacy scores on the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Urban Schools, Volunteers, Parent Participation