James S. Kim|Jonathan Guryan
The efficacy of a voluntary summer book reading intervention for low-income Latino children from language minority families.
effects voluntary summer reading intervention without parent training component evaluated sample lowincome latino children language minority families last month 4th grade 370 children pretested measure reading comprehension vocabulary randomly assigned treatment group children received 10 selfselected books summer vacation b family literacy group children received 10 selfselected books invited parents attend 3 summer literacy events 2 hr length c control group although children treatment group family literacy group reported reading books control group significant effect reading comprehension vocabulary recommendations improving efficacy intervention discussed including efforts improve match reader ability readability texts instructional goals family literacy events