Empowerment to Education & Skills What is the evidence? Impact pathway link Evidence Evidence Rating Parental engagement and Early parental interest in a education has a stronger link to a child’s interest in their school progress than a (). child’s child’s parent’s own educational status education impacts early development and school Two kinds of parental behaviour are shown to have positive readiness. associations with school outcomes: home–school children’s partnership and parental interest in academic activities (). children’s Reading aloud to young children, particularly in an engaging manner, promotes emergent literacy and language development and supports the relationship between child and parent (; ). When children are school Early childhood development (as measured by the EDI) predicts ready they are more likely to reading and numeracy skills four, six and eight years later (). do well at school. What interventions impact these factors? Impact pathway link Effective intervention Outcomes Evidence Rating Parental engagement Promotion of reading aloud to Increase in parental reading to children in learning and young children through anticipatory
Empowerment to Education & Skills What is the evidence? Impact pathway link Evidence Evidence Rating Parental engagement and interest in their child’s education impacts early development and school readiness. Early parental interest in a child’s education has a stronger link to a child’s school progress than a parent’s own educational status (). Two kinds of parental behaviour are shown to have positive associations with children’s school outcomes: home–school partnership and parental interest in children’s academic activities (). Reading aloud to young children, particularly in an engaging manner, promotes emergent literacy and language development and supports the relationship between child and parent (; ). When children are school ready they are more likely to do well at school. Early childhood development (as measured by the EDI) predicts reading and numeracy skills four, six and eight years later (). What interventions impact these factors? Impact pathway link Effective intervention Outcomes Evidence Rating Parental engagement in learning and Promotion of reading aloud to young children through anticipatory Increase in parental reading to children