title: Lifewide Learning for Early Reading Development.
abstract: The authors examine the relationships between children's reading abilities and the enabling environment for learning in the context of Save the Children's Literacy Boost program. They conceptualize the enabling environment at a micro level, with two components: the home literacy environment, represented by reading materials/habits at home, and the community learning environment (community reading activities). Using longitudinal reading scores of 6,874 students in 424 schools in 12 sites across Africa and Asia, there was 1) a modest but consistent relationship between students' home literacy environments and reading scores, and 2) a strong relationship between reading gains and participation in community reading activities, suggesting that interventions should consider both home and community learning environments and their differential influences on interventions across different low-resource settings.
authors.affiliation: Save-University Partnership for Education Research.
authors.forename: Amy Jo
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Dowd
authors.affiliation: Save the Children s Literacy Boost.
authors.forename: Elliott
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Friedlander
authors.affiliation: Save the Children US.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jonason
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leer
authors.affiliation: World Vision.
authors.forename: Lisa Zook
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Sorensen
authors.affiliation: Save the Children's Department of Education and Child Protection.
authors.forename: Jarrett
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guajardo
authors.affiliation: Save the Children.
authors.forename: Nikhit
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: D'Sa
authors.affiliation: Children's Department of Education and Child Protection.
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pava
authors.affiliation: Save the Children.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pisani
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D000067010:Literacy; D011932:Reading; D012574:Schools