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ERIC Number: ED623213
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Oct-12
Pages: 14
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Transforming Community Spaces into Opportunities for Playful Learning: Measuring Progress and Success
Little, Priscilla M.
Forum for Youth Investment
Early literacy is a key predictor of grade-level reading and school success. Too often, however, young children do not have equitable access to literacy-rich environments that foster the skills needed to attain reading proficiency by the end of third grade. While high-quality preschool and early elementary programs are necessary early literacy supports for children, most young children in the United States only spend about 20% of their waking hours in formal classroom settings. This leaves enormous opportunity to create literacy-rich environments across the many places where children and families spend time--museums, libraries, parks, and playgrounds outside of formal learning settings. "Transforming Community Spaces into Opportunities for Playful Learning: Measuring Progress and Success" evaluates the impact of playful, literacy-rich environments and identifies how they support early literacy. In Winter 2021, The Forum for Youth Investment conducted a review of the William Penn Foundation's Literacy-Rich Environments portfolio evaluations. In addition to a thorough document review, the Forum facilitated a two-day convening of 32 individuals representing evaluators, program grantees, and other key stakeholders that are engaged with the Literacy-Rich Environments portfolio. This brief summarizes some of the key evaluation findings and draws on key insights shared by the many stakeholders who attended the convenings.
Forum for Youth Investment. The Cady-Lee House, 7064 Eastern Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20012-2031. Tel: 202-207-3333; Fax: 202-207-3329; e-mail: youth@forumfyi.org; Web site: https://forumfyi.org/knowledge-center/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: William Penn Foundation
Authoring Institution: Forum for Youth Investment
Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Illinois (Chicago); New York (New York)
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