The Condition of Education 2009: Indicator 2--Early Development of Children. NCES 2009-081

Overview & Synopsis

This document includes information from "The Condition of Education 2009" focusing on the second indicator of the forty-six indicators presented in the full report. Early development of children data are reported in the participation in education section of the full report. Overall, a smaller percentage of children in poverty were read to, told stories, or sung to daily by a family member than children at or above poverty. In general, levels of maternal education were positively related to the percentage of children who were read to, told stories, or sung to daily. A smaller percentage of children whose families spoke a language other than English in the home were read to, told stories, or sung to daily than children whose families spoke primarily English in the home. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.) [The indicator and corresponding tables are taken directly from "The Condition of Education 2009." Pagination may not be sequential. For full report "The Condition of Education 2009," see ED505415. For "The Condition of Education 2009 in Brief," see ED505416. For reports of all individual indicators from the participation in education section of "The Condition of Education 2009," see ED505404-ED505414.]