Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Tennessee Department of Education released estimated data regarding learning loss for Tennessee students resulting from COVID-19 school closures through the summer months. Preliminary data projects an estimated 50% decrease in...
In 2014, Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation released “An Impact Analysis: Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in Tennessee, 2004-2014,” demonstrating how the Imagination Library program is making a difference in early childhood literacy based on 10 years of research...
The Hechinger Report writes on the efficacy of book delivery programs, summarizing a recent study done to measure the impact of free books on developing a child’s early literacy skills. The article notes, “Literacy experts have long known that reading to toddlers,...
Seeding Success, a Memphis-based education collaborative, partnered with Shelby County Schools to analyze academic and non-academic variables for approximately 19,000 Kindergarten through Fourth Grade students between the academic years 2013/14 and 2015/16 who were...
Porter-Leath, sponsoring organization for Books from Birth, Shelby County’s Imagination Library affiliate, surveyed Early Head Start, Head Start, and Pre-K families in 2017-2018 who were also enrolled in Books from Birth to measure the program’s impact on early...
The Urban Child Institute, in partnership with Memphis City Schools, evaluated Shelby County’s Books from Birth program, the local Imagination Library affiliate, and its effects on kindergarten readiness in 2012 with a follow-up study in 2014. Their analysis indicates...
“An Analysis of Early Literacy Assessment Performance Among Knox County Imagination Library Participants: 2014-15 Knox County Kindergarten Class” In this study, early literacy data was collected through Knox County Schools’ formative testing to determine how former...
During the autumn of 2009, Knox County Schools investigated the relationship between Imagination Library students and their kindergarten peers on the Kindergarten Literacy Assessment. They found that students in the Imagination Library program performed statistically...
In “The First Eight Years: Giving Kids a Foundation for Lifetime Success” report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation states, “According to decades of research, the best way to ensure a successful workforce in the future is to invest in early childhood development now. And...
Early Warning: Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters: Annie E. Casey Foundation In May 2010, the Annie E. Casey Foundation published a KIDS COUNT special report, Early Warning: Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters, to launch the national Campaign for...
