Specifically, a Victoria Purcell-Gates study showed that it was the  
literacy behavior of a mom--such as writing a grocery list or reading  
TV Guide--that impacted young children rather than the education level  
of the mom.
Sarah Beaman-Jones

Quoting Esther Prins <esp150 at psu.edu>:


>   The mother's *educational attainment* is often cited as the best

> predictor, but this is not the same as the literacy level. Studies of

> the consequences of literacy too often conflate schooling and

> literacy.

>

> Esther

>

> At 06:41 PM 6/29/2008, you wrote:

> There's a study out there that concludes that the single greatest

> predictor of a child's academic achievement is the literacy level of

> the mother. Does anyone know the reference to this study?

>

> Thanks,

> Rebecca Garland

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