Evaluation
Best Beginnings is fortunate to have developed a relationship with two University of Alaska Anchorage professors enthusiastic about evaluating the impact of Imagination Library in Alaska.
Hilary Seitz, Ph.D., and Robert Capuozzo, Ph.D., have designed surveys which record family reading habits before books begin arriving and after one year of receiving monthly books.
The second year of evaluation corroborates results obtained after the first year: all indicators speak to the positive effect of Imagination Library in our children’s homes.
Imagination Library Evaluation Positive
Alaska children enrolled in Imagination Library for at least one year are more enthusiastic about reading, are read to more often, are perceived by parents to be better prepared for kindergarten, and live in homes with more children’s books. Those are among the findings of evaluations conducted by two University of Alaska Anchorage researchers.
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