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Misunderstood Statistical Assumptions Undermine Criticism of the National Early Literacy Panel's Report
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Schatschneider, Christopher; Lonigan, Christopher J. – Educational Researcher, 2010
Many of the methodological criticisms of the National Early Literacy Panel (NELP) report presented in this special issue of "Educational Researcher" are not specific to the NELP report but are in fact broad criticisms of much of the quantitative research on early literacy. This rejoinder demonstrates that these criticisms are off target and are…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Emergent Literacy, Research Reports
Speaking Out for Language: Why Language Is Central to Reading Development
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Dickinson, David K.; Golinkoff, Roberta M.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Educational Researcher, 2010
Although the National Early Literacy Panel report provides an important distillation of research, the manner in which the data are reported underrepresents the importance of language. Unlike other predictors with moderate associations with later reading, language exerts pervasive and indirect influences that are not described by the effect sizes…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Predictor Variables, Language Processing, Language Skills
National Reports in Literacy: Building a Scientific Base for Practice and Policy
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Pearson, P. David; Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Educational Researcher, 2010
The authors examine the National Early Literacy Panel (NELP; 2008) report from two complementary vantage points: (a) the historical tradition of research syntheses in reading research, beginning with Chall and extending through the NELP report, and (b) other recent attempts to examine or synthesize early reading development. While acknowledging…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Research Reports
Confounded Statistical Analyses Hinder Interpretation of the NELP Report
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Paris, Scott G.; Luo, Serena Wenshu – Educational Researcher, 2010
The National Early Literacy Panel (2008) report identified early predictors of reading achievement as good targets for instruction, and many of those skills are related to decoding. In this article, the authors suggest that the developmental trajectories of rapidly developing skills pose problems for traditional statistical analyses. Rapidly…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Effect Size, Emergent Literacy, Data Interpretation
The NELP Report on Shared Story Reading Interventions (Chapter 4): Extending the Story
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Schickedanz, Judith A.; McGee, Lea M. – Educational Researcher, 2010
The authors discuss the 19 individual studies included in chapter 4 (shared story reading interventions) of the report of the National Early Literacy Panel (NELP) and offer more nuanced conclusions than the report's authors do. They also emphasize the need for more comprehensive approaches to shared story reading in preschool than those found in…
Descriptors: Story Reading, Emergent Literacy, Intervention, Preschool Evaluation
Recognizing Different Kinds of "Head Starts"
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Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich; D'warte, Jacqueline – Educational Researcher, 2010
The authors consider how the National Early Literacy Panel's decision to focus on identifying precursors to "conventional" literacy skills shaped the questions asked, conclusions drawn, and take-home message of the panel's 2008 report. They suggest that this approach may keep the field of literacy research from seeing and valuing other kinds of…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Reader Response, Research Reports, Preschool Evaluation