Assessing the Predictive Validity of a Book Reading Quality Measure for Preschool Children: The Read Aloud Profile–Together

• In Event: 52.065 - Early Childhood Measures: Issues of Validity and Reliability

Abstract

The present study examined the predictive validity of the Read Aloud Profile-Together (RAPT: (Goodson, Layzer, Smith, & Rumzdius, 2004), a measure of the distinct behaviors of parents and children during shared book reading, in relation to preschool children’s early reading outcomes. This study included 697 parent-child dyads from the preschool wave of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B). Results showed that parent’s promoting attention to text and story, children’s independent engagement with pictures and text, and children’s pre-reading interest were all significant predictors of early reading competency in young children. The predictive validity of the RAPT was supported, suggesting that parent and child behaviors displayed at shared book reading play an important role in early language and literacy development.

Authors

• Shanshan Wang, University of Cincinnati

• Carrie Biales, University of Cincinnati

• Ying Guo, University of Cincinnati

• Allison Breit-Smith, University of Cincinnati