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The report
describes successes the Family Literacy Pilot Program has had during its first two full
years of program operation. The Program has been successful in improving adult
participants’ literacy, and adults enrolled in the Program’s parenting skills
component made gains in their parenting skills, though not to the degree they made in
their literacy skills. While the children in the Program are, in general, developmentally
behind where they should be for their age, the Program keeps them from falling further
behind and reduced the differences in achievement between them and their non-at-risk
peers.
A higher degree of quality and compliance with program requirements by program contractors
during the 1996-97 school year in comparison with the previous year reflects hard work on
the part of the contractors, improved monitoring from the ADE, and continued technical
assistance from the model programs. As a result of the successes the Program has had, the
report recommends that the Program be continued and expansion to additional sites be
considered. It is also recommended that sites serve up to 20 families, an increase from
the current maximum of 15, in order to reduce the costs per family. If the Program is
continued, it is recommended that model program sites also be continued in order to assist
with ongoing programs’ training and technical assistance needs. In addition, the
report also recommends that the ADE continue to monitor and report annually through 2002
to the Legislature on the progress of Family Literacy participants.
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